Jonathan wrote:

> I'd really appreciate it if people could take the time to fetch and
> try booting the install kernel, ...

Here's my results:

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DECstation 5000/240 with the original CX frame buffer that came with
the DS5000/200; the prom reports KN03-AA V5.2b:

Success!  Booted into sysinstall.  I noted the following anomalies:

> cfb0 at tc0 slot 0 offset 0x0fb:  more frame buffers probed than configured!

I suspect the "0x0" and the "fb" got run together by lack of a newline;
why the "fb:" message came out, I dunno.

It also warned me that the clock had gained 4 days (I was booting this
kernel off an Ultrix system disk).

And finally, when it asked for "Terminal type [sun]?", I hit <return> and
it reported that terminal type "sun" was unknown.  It also didn't like
"dumb", but liked "vt100" OK.

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DECstation 5000/25; prom reports KN02-CA V2.0m:

Failure.  After reporting

> Size:  960664+2141472

it sits at the end of the "472" (no newline) for 20 seconds, then the
video blips and the prom resets.

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Hope this helps.

Terry

terry@venus.sunquest.com