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NetBSD 4 won't boot on a xserve
country flaguser name
United States
2007-06-19 00:05:57
Hi,

I googled a bit over this problem, but I still have not
found a solution.
With any kernel the screen goes blank, with the exception of
the NetBSD 4
installer kernel. It first complains that the interrupt is
wrong, then
this error "pdcide0:0: bogus intr" scrolls accross
my screen. This system
is an xserve (slot load) 1.33. So, I am wondering if there
is anyone else
who has tried to install NetBSD4 on this system?

I did an install of NetBSD 2.0.2, because that is the cd
that I just
happen to have, but I could not boot the 2.0.2 kernel,
because of the fact
that it couldn't find the root device. I compiled a 2.1
kernel on my G3
with root at wd0a (2.1 is what is running on that computer)
and installed
it. It booted! I thought at this point I had all my problems
solved. I
thought would copy a 4.0 kernel (with root at wd0a) to / and
upgrade to
4.0. But NetBSD 4.0 doesn't seem, to run on this machine.

Thanks,
Al





Re: NetBSD 4 won't boot on a xserve
country flaguser name
United States
2007-06-19 01:38:25
> I did an install of NetBSD 2.0.2, because that is the
cd that I just
> happen to have, but I could not boot the 2.0.2 kernel,
because of the fact
> that it couldn't find the root device. I compiled a 2.1
kernel on my G3
> with root at wd0a (2.1 is what is running on that
computer) and installed
> it. It booted! I thought at this point I had all my
problems solved. I
> thought would copy a 4.0 kernel (with root at wd0a) to
/ and upgrade to
> 4.0. But NetBSD 4.0 doesn't seem, to run on this
machine.

Post dmesg outputs of the working 2.1 kernel and as far as
the 4.0 kernel 
gets.

John

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