I tried 1.4.1 and 1.4.2_ALPHA both of which exhibited the same symptoms.
I tried to break into the kernel debugger, but I assume it isn't enabled
this early in the game.  And yes, there was no other output after the cia0
warning.  I can test the debugging kernels later tonight if they are
available.

Thanks,
Jeff

> 
> I.e. there was _NO_ other kernel output after the 'cia0: WARNING: ...'
> line?
> 
> that's interesting, because it means that the machine crashed in a
> place where it shold be relatively easy to figure out what's going on.
> 
> 
> You didn't say if you were trying to run 1.4.x or -current on that
> box.  If -current, could you try to run a 1.4.x (e.g. 1.4.1) kernel?
> If that fails, i can try to compile you a few kernels with debugging
> printfs...  (I don't have -current on any of my alphas.)
> 
> 
> 
> cgd
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>