On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Jamie Scuglia wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 12:03:05PM +1100, Simon Burge wrote:
> 
> > I've just placed a -current snapshot on ftp.netbsd.org in the
> > pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/snapshot/1999-12-06 directory.  It should be
> > complete except for the X11 sets - I'm building them now.
...
> The updated kernel and base work fine on a DEC 5000/240 (3MAXPLUS), but
> when we try to use it on a DEC 5000/200 (3MAX), the kernel just hangs
> before the NetBSD copyright messages - i.e. the last message we see
> on the screen is
> 
> 	[ preserving 134836 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table]
> 
> Then the machine hangs - no more messages, doesn't respond to key presses.

  I was unable to boot a -current kernel on my 5000/200 running with a
serial console.  Mine hung when it configured the serial driver.

  It looks to me like the separation between the 3100 and 5000/200 serial
console initialization was removed, and the 5000/200 is trying to use the
3100 address of the serial chip.  I hacked the serial console
initialization to use the 5000/200 address, and was able to boot the
system (but that will break the 3100 console).  I haven't figured out what
needs to be done to fix this yet.

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA