On Sunday 19 March 2006 19:31, Volkmar Seifert wrote:
> Hi Martin, Luc
>
> >> hi,  I have a  sgi ip20 Iris Indigo and like to know if there is a
> >> ISO image that is bootable from cdrom somewhere?
> >
> > Try: ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-3.0/iso/sgimipscd-3.0.iso
>
> I just tried that image on my Indigo 2 (IP22 > R4400@200MHz), and it
> failed to boot. I noticed that other postings on this list hint as well
> that this image is not as bootable, as we all may wish.
> May be I'm doing it wrong, but I don't really think so, since the
> 3.99-image -does- boot. It only fails in that it floods the screen with
> this lil green "int0: unexpected local0 interrupt 0"-messages, which
> also have been mentioned before (I think even by myself, but definitely
> by others) on this list.
>
> The error-message I get when trying to boot the sgimipscd-3.0.iso is
>
> dks1d6s5: volume header not valid
> Unable to load scsi(1)cdrom(6)rdisk(0)partition(8)aoutboot: no
> recognizable filesystem on device.
>
> I tried ip2xboot and aoutboot. aoutboot works on 3.99, except for those
> green message flooding the screen on each keystroke / character written
> on screen far beyond readability. (Funny thing though is, that the
> error-message is perfectly fine readable...)
>
>
> - Volkmar


I have had the same experience:

My Indy R4400SC/200MHz also boots with the 3.99 iso but not the 3.00.

I did manage to install the 3.00 sets and kernel after booting from the 3.99 
cd; also had to use the aoutboot image and a serial terminal.

Regards,
Phil