> Okay.
> 
> Then will you do me a favor? :-)

well now, that's a generous way to describe the transaction.. ;-)



> Please disconnect the keyboard/mouse, plug a terminal or other
> computer into the first serial port on the machine, and attempt
> to boot NetBSD.  That should succeed.  Please capture the boot
> messages (all the devices found, etc.) and e-mail me that info.

here ya go.. this is just a guess from an uninformed white boy, but there 
does seem to be a 'vga0' entry down there:



CPU 0 booting

(boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags 0)
block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block
reading 15 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
bootstrap code read in
base = 154000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 146000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/alpha 1.4.2 Primary Boot +
+.
Jumping to entry point...

NetBSD/alpha 1.4.2 Secondary Bootstrap, Revision 1.10
(toddpw@chewie.toddpw.net, Mar 3 18:37:40 PST 2000)

VMS PAL rev: 0x1000000010535
OSF PAL rev: 0x100000002012e
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: 0

Loading netbsd...
5554760/
Please remove disk 1, insert disk 2, and type return...
+215344 [85]

Entering netbsd at 0xfffffc0000301100...
Unrecognized boot flag '0'.
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.4.2 (INSTALL) #0: Sat Mar  4 04:55:40 PST 2000
    toddpw@chewie.toddpw.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/INSTALL
AlphaServer 1000 4/266, 266MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
real mem = 134217728 (2023424 reserved for PROM, 132194304 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 110206976
using 1613 buffers containing 13213696 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064A-2 (pass 1.1)
apecs0 at mainbus0: DECchip 21072 Core Logic chipset
apecs0: DC21071-CA pass 2, 128-bit memory bus
apecs0: DC21071-DA pass 2
pci0 at apecs0 bus 0
pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
ncr0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: ncr 53c810 fast10 scsi
ncr0: interrupting at dec_1000 irq 12
ncr0: minsync=25, maxsync=206, maxoffs=8, 16 dwords burst, normal dma fifo
ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver
ncr0: restart (scsi reset).
scsibus0 at ncr0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <DEC, RRD45   (C) DEC, 1645> SCSI2 5/cdrom
removale
probe(ncr0:4:1): 4.0 MB/s (250 ns, offset 8)
pceb0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x0482 (rev. 0x05)
de0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
de0: interrupting at dec_1000 irq 0
de0: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.4
de0: address 00:00:f8:21:d9:93
vendor 0x1069 product 0x0001 (RAID mass storage, revision 0x02) at pci0
dev 12 function 0 not configured
eisa0 at pceb0
isa0 at pceb0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
vga0 at isa0 port 0x3b0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff
wsdisplay0 at vga0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
md0: internal 3072K image area
WARNING: can't figure what device matches "DVA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0"
root on md0a dumps on md0b
WARNING: clock gained 132 days -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
Terminal type? [vt100] de0: enabling 10baseT port






mike stone
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