Andrey Petrov <petrov@netbsd.org> writes:

> > I just net-installed my old Ultra1 (C3D, 200E). No problems
> > there, but when trying to boot I get the following:
> > 
> > (With reservation for some mistyped numbers)
> > 
> > Boot device: disk  File and args:
> > NetBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock
> > ..>> NetBSD/sparc64 OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.5
> > >> (autobuild@cs20.apochromatic.org, Sun Sep 8 11:34:12 UTC 2002)
> > loadfile: reading header
> > elf64_exec Booting /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0:a/netbsd
> > [.. some hex addresses ..]
> > symbols @ 0xfed84300 74+329592+174878 start=0x1000000
> > chain: calling OF_chain(80000, e478, 1000000, ffb5a80, 18)
> > Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
> > ok 
> > 
> 
> There are 3 things involved into a process:
> 	- bootblk, primary boot loader which resides in block 0 on your disk,
> 	- ofwboot, secondary boot loader, it's in your boot fs,
> 	- netbsd kernel.
> 
> The easiest way to test netbsd kernel is to netboot it. Take an image
> you're trying to boot from disk and boot it from network, if it ends
> up with the same MMU Miss then you need another kernel. Make sure(or
> reinstall) netbsd's primary boot loader, check installboot(8) and /usr/mdec.
> if you took ofwboot from the same distribution then it's unlikely to be
> a problem, i think.

Well, there wasn't any trouble netbooting the kernel I'm trying
to use (i.e. netbsd.INSTALL.gz). Havn't played with it since,
but I'll try another kernel when I get the time.

-- 
tobias