On 7/24/07, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
> > I suspect that there is some memory corruption in bootloader
> > around bootinfo, but I'll check what actually happens there.

I created two Restore CD's;  one bootstrapping with the GENERIC kernel
& the other INSTALL.  I never saw any output on the serial port when
bootstrapping with GENERIC, but INSTALL worked great!  dmesg of both
kernels are below.

Thank you for your continuing work, & let me know if I can help
resolve the boot issue.

dmesg from bootstrapping with INSTALL:

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NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (INSTALL) #0: Sat Jul 21 09:33:15 UTC 2007
        builds@b1.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4/cobalt/200707200000Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-
4/src/sys/arch/cobalt/compile/INSTALL
Cobalt Qube 2
total memory = 256 MB
avail memory = 248 MB
timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
mainbus0 (root)
com0 at mainbus0 addr 0x1c800000 level 3: st16650a, working fifo
com0: console
cpu0 at mainbus0: QED RM5200 CPU (0x28a0) Rev. 10.0 with built-in FPU Rev. 10.0
cpu0: 32KB/32B 2-way set-associative L1 Instruction cache, 48 TLB entries
cpu0: 32KB/32B 2-way set-associative write-back L1 Data cache
mcclock0 at mainbus0 addr 0x10000070: mc146818 compatible time-of-day clock
panel0 at mainbus0 addr 0x1f000000
gt0 at mainbus0 addr 0x14000000
pci0 at gt0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0: Galileo GT-64111 System Controller, rev 1
tlp0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp0: interrupting at level 1
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:10:e0:00:5f:d0
lxtphy0 at tlp0 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
lxtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pcib0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0
pcib0: vendor 0x1106 product 0x0586, rev 39
viaide0 at pci0 dev 9 function 1
viaide0: VIA Technologies VT82C586 (Apollo VP) ATA33 controller
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
vendor 0x1106 product 0x3038 (USB serial bus, revision 0x02) at pci0
dev 9 function 2 not configured
tlp1 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp1: interrupting at level 2
tlp1: Ethernet address 00:10:e0:00:5f:d1
lxtphy1 at tlp1 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
lxtphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency 100 Hz quality 0
timecounter: Timecounter "mips3_cp0_counter" frequency 125000000 Hz quality 100
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST3160023A>
wd0: quirks 2<FORCE_LBA48>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 149 GB, 310101 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 312581808 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA)
boot device: <unknown>
root on tlp0
nfs_boot: trying DHCP/BOOTP
nfs_boot: DHCP next-server: 10.0.0.254
nfs_boot: my_domain=mfg.cobaltmicro.com
nfs_boot: my_addr=10.0.0.160
nfs_boot: my_mask=255.0.0.0
root on 10.0.0.254:/nfsroot
warning: no /dev/console
init: Creating mfs /dev
Tue Jul 24 11:22:34 GMT 2007
Starting file system checks:
Coming up: fixing /dev...
eval: cannot create /dev/lcd: no such device or address
cd: can't cd to /var/run
Setting tty flags.
Setting sysctl variables:
Starting network.
Hostname: client
Configuring network interfaces:.
Building databases...
kvm_mkdb: /var/db/kvm.db.tmp: No such file or directory
dev_mkdb: /var/run/dev.db248765.tmp: No such file or directory
install: /var/run/utmp: open: No such file or directory
Mounting all filesystems...
Checking quotas: done.
Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1
/etc/rc: WARNING: No swap space configured!
starting local daemons:wd0: no disk label
fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found

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dmesg with GENERIC after first reboot:

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NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (GENERIC) #0: Sat Jul 21 09:34:30 UTC 2007
        builds@b1.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4/cobalt/200707200000Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-
4/src/sys/arch/cobalt/compile/GENERIC
Cobalt Qube 2
total memory = 256 MB
avail memory = 246 MB
timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
mainbus0 (root)
com0 at mainbus0 addr 0x1c800000 level 3: st16650a, working fifo
com0: console
cpu0 at mainbus0: QED RM5200 CPU (0x28a0) Rev. 10.0 with built-in FPU Rev. 10.0
cpu0: 32KB/32B 2-way set-associative L1 Instruction cache, 48 TLB entries
cpu0: 32KB/32B 2-way set-associative write-back L1 Data cache
mcclock0 at mainbus0 addr 0x10000070: mc146818 compatible time-of-day clock
panel0 at mainbus0 addr 0x1f000000
gt0 at mainbus0 addr 0x14000000
pci0 at gt0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0: Galileo GT-64111 System Controller, rev 1
tlp0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp0: interrupting at level 1
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:10:e0:00:5f:d0
lxtphy0 at tlp0 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
lxtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pcib0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0
pcib0: VIA Technologies VT82C586 PCI-ISA Bridge, rev 39
viaide0 at pci0 dev 9 function 1
viaide0: VIA Technologies VT82C586 (Apollo VP) ATA33 controller
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB Controller (USB serial bus, revision
0x02) at pci0 dev 9 function 2 not
 configured
tlp1 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp1: interrupting at level 2
tlp1: Ethernet address 00:10:e0:00:5f:d1
lxtphy0 at tlp0 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
lxtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pcib0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0
pcib0: VIA Technologies VT82C586 PCI-ISA Bridge, rev 39
viaide0 at pci0 dev 9 function 1
viaide0: VIA Technologies VT82C586 (Apollo VP) ATA33 controller
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: primary channel interrupting at irq 14
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide0: secondary channel interrupting at irq 15
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB Controller (USB serial bus, revision
0x02) at pci0 dev 9 function 2 not
 configured
tlp1 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: DECchip 21143 Ethernet, pass 4.1
tlp1: interrupting at level 2
tlp1: Ethernet address 00:10:e0:00:5f:d1
lxtphy1 at tlp1 phy 1: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
lxtphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency 100 Hz quality 0
timecounter: Timecounter "mips3_cp0_counter" frequency 125000000 Hz quality 100
Kernelized RAIDframe activated
wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST3160023A>
wd0: quirks 2<FORCE_LBA48>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
wd0: 149 GB, 310101 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 312581808 sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(viaide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using DMA)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
swapctl: adding /dev/wd0b as swap device at priority 0
Checking for botched superblock upgrades: done.
Starting file system checks:
/dev/rwd0a: file system is clean; not checking
/dev/rwd0f: file system is clean; not checking
/dev/rwd0g: file system is clean; not checking
Setting tty flags.
Setting sysctl variables:
Starting network.
IPv6 mode: host
Configuring network interfaces:.
Adding interface aliases:
Starting dhclient.
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

No bpf devices.   Please read the README section for your operating system.

If you did not get this software from ftp.isc.org, please
get the latest from ftp.isc.org and install that before
requesting help.

If you did get this software from ftp.isc.org and have not
yet read the README, please read it before requesting help.
If you intend to request help from the dhcp-server@isc.org
mailing list, please read the section on the README about
submitting bug reports and requests for help.

Please do not under any circumstances send requests for
help directly to the authors of this software - please
send them to the appropriate mailing list as described in
the README file.

exiting.
Building databases...
Starting syslogd.
Checking for core dump...
savecore: no core dump
Mounting all filesystems...
Clearing /tmp.
Checking quotas: done.
Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1
Starting virecover.
Starting local daemons:.
Updating motd.
postfix: rebuilding /etc/mail/aliases (missing /etc/mail/aliases.db)
newaliases: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
newaliases: fatal: unable to use my own hostname
Jul 24 11:37:08  postfix/sendmail[538]: fatal: unable to use my own hostname
Starting inetd.
Starting cron.
Starting paneld.
Tue Jul 24 11:37:10 UTC 2007

NetBSD/cobalt (Amnesiac) (tty00)

login: root
Jul 24 11:37:20  login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON tty00
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    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 4.0_BETA2 (GENERIC) #0: Sat Jul 21 09:34:30 UTC 2007

Welcome to NetBSD!

This system is running a beta release of the NetBSD operating system, aimed
at stabilizing the next formal release.  It is close to formal release quality,
but may still contain bugs, even serious ones.  Please bear this in mind and
use the system with care.

You are encouraged to test this version as thoroughly as possible.  Should you
encounter any problem, please report it back to the development team using the
send-pr(1) utility (requires a working MTA).  If yours is not properly set up,
use the web interface at: http://www.NetBSD.org/Misc/send-pr.html

Thank you for helping us test and improve this beta NetBSD release.

Terminal type is vt100.
We recommend creating a non-root account and using su(1) for root access.

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