NetBSD Mailing list writes:
> 
> My M38 dies just after loading the kernel with:
> 
> (flashes by quickly before clearing the screen and rebooting ESA0)
>   85 RESTART SYS
> 
> No output from the kernel at all.  :(
> 
> Since Andrew go his to boot, what could I be doing differently?

Is there any chance you didn't use binary to download the kernel?
Here's the output of cksum:
3021613658 1107856 netbsd

I am netbooting, using a 'vaxboot.SYS' from Mar 10, 1999.
My guess is you didn't use binary, or your kernel is otherwise
corrupt.  Here is my dmesg FWIW.


NetBSD 1.4L (NEWUBA) #462: Sun Oct 17 23:20:57 CEST 1999
    ragge@subzero:/u0/multi/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/NEWUBA

VAXstation /m{38,48}
cpu: KA41/42
cpu: Enabling primary cache, secondary cache
total memory = 24448 KB
avail memory = 20100 KB
using 331 buffers containing 1324 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
vsbus0 at mainbus0
vsbus0: interrupt mask 8
le0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200e0000 vec 120 ipl 14 maskbit 5
le0: address 08:00:2b:17:bb:8b
le0: 32 receive buffers, 8 transmit buffers
dz0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200a0000 vec 304 ipl 14 maskbit 6
dz0: 4 lines
lkc0 at dz0
ncr0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200c0080 vec 770 ipl 14 maskbit 1
scsibus0 at ncr0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
ncr1 at vsbus0 csr 0x200c0180 vec 774 ipl 14 maskbit 0
scsibus1 at ncr1: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
smg0 at vsbus0 csr 0x200f0000 vec 104 ipl 14 maskbit 3
wsdisplay0 at smg0
wsdisplay0: screen 0-7 added (128x57, vt100 emulation)
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <DEC, RZ23     (C) DEC, 0A18> SCSI1 0/direct fixed
sd0: 100 MB, 776 cyl, 8 head, 33 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 204864 sectors
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 3 lun 0: <DEC, RZ23     (C) DEC, 0A18> SCSI1 0/direct fixed
sd1: 100 MB, 776 cyl, 8 head, 33 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 204864 sectors
sd2 at scsibus0 targ 5 lun 0: <DEC, RX23     (C) DEC, 0054> SCSI1 0/direct removable
sd2: 1440 KB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2880 sectors
scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
sd3 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <IBM, 0663L12, 1012> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd3: 1003 MB, 4119 cyl, 5 head, 99 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2055035 sectors
boot device: le0
root device (default le0): sd0a
dump device (default sd0b):
file system (default generic):
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b