Subject: my weird multia
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.honors.montana.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/15/1999 16:15:09
I've got a Multia that claims to be an "Easy Web Server."  It won't
boot over the network, because NetBSD's second-stage bootstrap loader
claims it's not getting the ethernet address with the interface name.
It also says something about the firmware being too old, but it
flashes by too fast to really read.

It won't boot from a floppy, either.  After an indeterminate number of
sectors have been read from the floppy, the machine locks up, with the
floppy motor still spinning.  Sometimes this happens while it's trying
to load the second-stage bootstrap, sometimes while it's trying to
load the kernel.

It's not vital to me to run NetBSD on this box, but I certainly
wouldn't mind.  And I'd be plenty willing to help somebody debug
either of these problems.

Chris

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