Bill Sommerfeld wrote:

> So, I now find myself in posession of a maxine.
> 
> I'm trying to netboot it using a serial console.
> 
> The pmax install notes state that some systems may not be able to tftp
> boot the RAMDISK-based install kernel.  There should probably be some
> mention of the fact that (at least as distributed on ftp.netbsd.org)
> this install kernel is ELF and the roms only deal with ECOFF objects.

Seems I botched the install kernel :-(  Does it help that the install
kernel was ECOFF on all the snapshots?  Seriously, if it helps, the
install kernel in the arch/pmax/1.4px directory is ECOFF and also
supports a few extra graphics cards and has CDFS support.

> Booting the ECOFF NFS-root-based install kernel got a lot further; it
> successfully configures a bunch of devices, and then serial output is
> garbled.  Some experimentation (e.g., typing echo foo>/tmp/bar and
> then looking on the NFS server) shows that serial input is OK, but
> output is completely garbled once autoconf is over.

I should have a maxine in the next week or two (it's currently 1600km
away and will be coming here as carry on luggage :) and won't have a
LK501 keyboard so I'll be using the serial console on that one for
a while.

> Anyone see this happen before?  Is there any additional information I
> can provide?  Should I just send-pr all this?

Shouldn't need to unless you really want to.  The install kernel was
a quality control issue, and I'll be checking out the serial console
stuff myself soon anyways...

Simon.