> On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Marc Gutschner wrote:
> 
> > I'm currently having some - uhm - bizarre problems with the current VAX
> > kernels and my VS3100/m38. I compiled myself a kernel from -current
> > source sup'd one or two days ago. The compile itself went really smooth
> > but as soon as I tried to boot, the kernel get's loaded and immediateley
> > bombs out with a 'RESTART SYS'
> 
> Same here.  On my VS3100/M38, latest snapshot, older bootloader which is
> using rarp/bootparamd.  Is the kernel expecting a BOOTP server? (Not that
> it would explain the following troubles).
> 
>  -ESA0
>  >> NetBSD/vax boot [980110 22:29] <<
>  : /netbsd
>  boot: client IP address: 10.3.250.106
>  boot: client name: meme
>  root addr=10.3.250.41 path=/export/meme/root
>  806876+44788+164520
>   85 RESTART SYS
>   84 FAIL
> 
It seems as your boot loader is too old; it doesn't move itself up to
a secure address and gets overwritten by the kernel. Try a newer loader.
(I will soon come up with a new improved boot loader :-)

-- Ragge