On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:52:00 -0600, Andrew L. Gould <algould@datawok.com> wrote:
> I've been having trouble installing NetBSD 2.0 on NEC MobilePro 780.
> 
> Attempt #1:
> I was able to get the 2GB Microdrive partitioned in the CF port.  I had
> copied the contents of the installation CD onto a 128 MB memory card
> which was in a PCMCIA adapter/slot.  (This worked when I installed
> 1.6.2 onto a 1GB microdrive in the past.)  I was able to mount the
> memory card; but I got the following message when the installer tried
> to untar kern-GENERIC.tgz:
> 
> panic: TLB out of universe: ksp 0xc2991fb8  epc 0x8014aee8  vaddr
> 0xae71f000
> Stopped at 0x801cdeb8:   jr   ra
>                 bdslot:  nop
> db>
> 
> Attempt #2
> Guessing that the kernel file may be corrupted, I cross compiled a
> kernel on a x86 machine, tar-gzipped it and replaced kern-GENERIC.tgz
> on the memory card mentioned in attempt #1.  I then tried to repeat
> attempt #1; but had the same results.
> 
> Attempt #3
> I put the installation CDROM into my FreeBSD server and tried to install
> via NFS using a pcmcia ethernet card (ne0).  I was able to connect via
> NFS; but installation stalled for hours on kern-GENERIC.tgz.  There was
> no progress bar; but the cursor moved to the next line a couple of
> times.
> 
> Attempt #4
> I cross compiled the build and release on the x86 box, configured
> rc.conf and fstab and copied the build onto the 2GB microdrive.  The
> kernel booted and init started.  Init tried to create 'mfs on dev',
> which was followed by a continuous flurry of messages.  I was only able
> to make out parts of messages:
> 
> 'command mknod on dev out of inodes' and
> 'device out of space'
> 
> After awhile, bootup continued; but the generation of keys for sshd
> failed. I changed root's password, added a normal user in the wheel
> group and rebooted -- which hung.  I'm not confident that the
> installation is a good one.
> 
> Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew Gould

I think what you're saying is in step 4 you just installed NetBSD onto
the CF disk and had it all set up to boot, but even that failed... If
that fails then it's likely this is some hardware error as far as I
know.

Does WinCE run OK? Not that it would tell you if the hardware was screwed up...

I've got a Mobilepro 880 on the way. I'm hoping I have better luck.
I've got a cobalt machine that I'm going to be doing the building
from. It's pretty slow though.

Andy