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On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Toby Thain wrote:

> 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
> >
> > --
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> > Paul     (pts@bom.gov.au)
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