On Oct 5, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>>> I tried to install NetBSD 4.0_BETA from the releng 20060930 snapshot 
>>> on
>>> my vax.  It crashes when it tries to fetch the sets, using ftp or 
>>> http.
>>> Then it automatically reboots, tries to boot the disk, fails because
>>> there is no OS on the disk, and automatically reboots again, 
>>> continues
>>> this in an endless loop, scrolling the crash message off my terminal.
>>>
>>> The last time I was quick enough to write it down:
>>> Segv in kernel mode: pc 8000c76c addr ba 340140
>>
>>   It seems NetBSD is "porking out" to the point where it's just not
>> practical to run it on a VAX anymore.  I find this *extremely*
>> disappointing but I don't know what to do about it.
>
> Please explain, in detail, how the consequent follows from the
> antecedent.

   It does so only within my twisted mind.  I read "wow, NetBSD blew up 
on a VAX", then thought "wow, that VAX is either hosed or 4.0_BETA 
hasn't been tested on VAX recently", then thought "wow, possibly 
another way in which NetBSD is starting to become problematic on VAX".

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL