Subject: Re: kernel hang with new bootblocks
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Jim Bernard <jbernard@mines.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/25/2003 19:38:02
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 09:22:44PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:04:39PM -0600, Jim Bernard wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 05:59:45PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > Has anyone else seen this ?
> > 
> >   Yes.  See PR 20948.
> 
> I tried the boot block linked at different addresses, as suggested in the PR.
> 200000 and 700000 give the same result, 400000 gives a data access exeption
> while loading the kernel.
> My ss20 has 4 16M simms.
> Anything else I can try ?

  It sounds like you've tried more variations than I did.  I tried several
kernels and several sets of boot blocks (from different dates, not different
addresses), all to no avail.  I've now decommissioned that machine, so I
can't try any new tricks or fixes on it.