on 3/9/00 5:59 PM, J. Buck Caldwell at buckaroo@igps.org wrote something
like:

> So that is looking good. However, I haven't gotten farther than that yet
> because I'm still getting this wierd condition where my console is
> non-responsive to KB for a bit after reboot. BREAK gives me the
> chevrons, so I know it's not the terminal.

    Do you have modem control enabled on your terminal? My VS3100/m30 needs
it to work with my VT320, some terminals have to have it, some terminals
have to have it turned off...

> I've noticed something odd,
> though (yes, more odd that that) - I can tell when it will work, because
> there will be a console message generated talking about le0 device
> timeout - after that message is printed, the console works fine. Before,
> it doesn't. Any ideas?

    Hmm, are you connected to a network or you just have a non-terminated
connector? 
 
> Also, what are the rules regarding boot partitions and 1G barrier - do
> they still apply? I don't recall the specifics about that.

    IIRC the boot file (and probably kernel) need to be within the first GB
on partition a. Other than that I don't think there is anything
realistically speaking.


    Chris