>Number:         11277
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       boot program fails to boot a.out kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 20 01:50:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ITOH Yasufumi
>Release:        1.5_ALPHA2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Boot program:
	>> NetBSD/i386 BIOS Boot, Revision 2.7
	>> (tron@colwyn.zhadum.de, Fri Sep 15 12:19:06 CEST 2000)
kernel: 1.5H a.out
Machine: Pentium III, Memory 384MB

>Description:
	1.5_ALPHA2 boot loader can't execute a.out kernel.
	The machine resets itself at the end of loading kernel.

>How-To-Repeat:
	 1. Install 1.5_ALPHA2 on a machine,

	 2. put an a.out kernel at /.  For example, try this:
	    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/incoming/itohy/netbsd-1.5H.GENERIC.aout.gz

	 3. boot it.

	 4. the machine resets itself at the end of kernel read.

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
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