----- Original Message -----
From: J. Buck Caldwell <buckaroo@igps.org>
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
Cc: <port-vax@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 15:59
Subject: Re: VS4000 SCSI: status


> 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. 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?

What type of terminal ? If you have a vt320/vt220 with smooth scroll,
disable it !

> Also, what are the rules regarding boot partitions and 1G barrier - do
> they still apply? I don't recall the specifics about that.

The root partition (a, partiton) should be in the first 1 GByte. WHat is not
really a restriction, because the size is mostly about 32-128 MByte

cheers,
emanuel