On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 18:08:39 +0100 
 Othmar Pasteka <op@atnet.at> wrote:

 > we just wanted to install netbsd an a alpha PC164SX.
 > we tried the bootdisk snapshots of current and 1.3.3
 > but every time it failed. the 1.3.3 images worked better
 > because it returns us the prompt of the srm console what
 > the boot images of current didn't do. they halted more or less
 > at the beginning after writing to the display something aobut
 > cia ... but anyway the 1.3.3 images seem to work better so the
 > error messages will be from 1.3.3.
 > 
 > sio_intr_setup:0 lt!
 > sio_sis:inital:ocw=(f9,ff), elcr=(ff,ff)
 > current: ocw=f9,ff
 > eclr=ff,ff
 > panic: sio_setirqstat:hosed

you can't use NetBSD 1.3.x ... you must use NetBSD-current (which 1.3.3 is
NOT).  1.3.x didn't support the PCI-ISA bridge used on the 164SX.


        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>