I installed the HWDIRECT.356 kernel. It boots exactly the same as all the
previous kernels I tried: the boot appears to be normal up to the point
where the screen goes white and the message

Preserving 310892 bytes of NetBSD symbol table

then the system hangs.

As I understand it, there were always two problems with the P475:

a. the 68LC040 problem (which causes bus errors during operation)

b. the ADB problem -- which causes the kind of boots I have experienced.

It appears that the ADB problem still remains.

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