On Sun, 6 Jul 1997 12:24:13 +1000 (EST)  Gregory McGarry wrote:

> Jonathan Stone wrote:
> > 
> > Okay, if you type
> > 
> > 	>> go 0x80030000
> > 
> > After the "a.out err (-5)", the kernel should boot.
> > 
> > If I then type "go 0x80030000", the kernel boots:	
> > 
> > 	>>go 0x80030000
> > 	Using PROM serial output until serial drivers initialized
> > 	Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> > 	    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
> > 	
> > 	real mem = 33554432
> > 	avail mem = 27561984
> > 
> > [etc].
> > Just type the desired root device when prompted and you're golden.
> 
> It works!!  However, it doesn't ask me for the desired root device.
> It locks-up on the line:
>  
> scc0 at asic0 offset 0x100000 priority 5_
>  
> Maybe it is looking for the NFS server, which I haven't set up
> yet.  I don't know.  I will work on this.

I assume that because you have a DECsystem, you are using a serial
console?  That's about the time it switches to the serial driver instead
of using PROM routines I think.  How old is the kernel you're trying
to boot?  Is it -current, or 1.2?  One thing that looks strange is the
priority of scc0.  On both the /240's and /260's here, the priority of
scc0 is 5, not 6 - scc1 is at priority 5...

Simon.