Subject: Re: turns up it toes and dies
To: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: Karl Ramm <karl@oit.duke.edu>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/01/1996 13:52:05
Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se> writes:
> > I have tried a number of times over the past several months to
> > install NetBSD on a MV II. Each attempt has lead to the same
> > sequence:
> > 1. I build the tk50 tape on a microvax
> > 2. I load and use edlabel on a second microvax II to initialize the
> > RD54---works like it's supposed to.
> > 3. I copy the initial image to the disk--works great
> > 4. I attempt to boot up the new image
> > 5. I see 2 or 3 screens of startup and system data
> > 6. I see the message concerning incorrect system time
> > 7. I get a kernel panic and get dumped into db>
> >
> This is a common problem for many people, but I have never got it
> nor have I been able to force it happen on any of my machines.
> I'll buy a beer to the first one that finds this bug :-)
>
> -- Ragge
Some of the older messages in port-vax seem to indicate that this is a
late-1.2 bug. Is there a 1.1 miniroot lying around anywhere that I could
use to get my machine running?