I have the same problem with NetBSD 1.5 & 1.4.2 on SPARCstation 1,
Monitor prompt repeating indefinitely partway through boot (at about the
same place, just after frame buffer detection).

I posted on it a week or so ago; unfortunately received no solutions.
The keyboard is perfectly functional.

Toby

"Paul (NCC/CS)" wrote:
> 
> Marc Jasner wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a question
> > I just installed netbsd on my sparc ipc...
> >
> > It installed fine, but as soon as it gets to the point in the boot where
> > it detects the video card the screen starts scrolling the messages as if
> > i'd pressed L1-A and the keyboard appears dead... i reboot the machine and
> > it works fine until it gets to that point.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Correct me if wrong (people), but I think this is one
> of the environment variables not set right. diag-
> something. Marc have a look at the install doco for
> sparc. It tells you exactly what to set before you boot.
> It might be it.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> >
> >
> > Marc
> 
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