I'm putting NetBSD on an orphaned Alphastation 500 (it will replace my 
ailing DEC 3000/300).  When I boot it I get the following:

ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.
ef.ee.ed.ec.eb.ea.e9.f4.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.
Digital AlphaStation 500/266
Console V7.2-2 Apr  4 2000 17:17:43
bad value - valid selections:
        ON
        OFF
bad value - mopv3_boot not modified
Maverick startup
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The "bad value" message doesn't seem harmful, but is there a way to fix it? 
I updated the firmware and tried changing the value of "mopv3_boot" without 
fixing anything.

	-Kevin