cjb@brushtail.apana.org.au wrote:

> In attempting to get a NEWS3410 to boot from an external Zip drive on
> sd(5), I'm seeing as far as the kernel being loaded into memory before
> the system halts completely.
> 
> Details:
> Using serial console
> Tahoe/Sony disklabel and filesystem (all prep done from NEWSOS)
> snapshot untarred
> copied /boot
> /vmunix hardlinked to /netbsd
> Used installboot sd05 /usr/mdec/mips/sdboot /usr/mdec.mips/bootsd
> "NEWS> bo sd(5)"

What did you see after this?

> Have I forgot something magic?

If boot-loader prints nothing, there are something wrong
around installboot. Did you do installboot to sd05 or /dev/sd05a?
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Izumi Tsutsui
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