Hi.

There is this nice, litle, cute AS200 4/166. It used to run NetBSD for a
long time starting in the early 1.5 days. But now it refuses to boot
-current. Both disks are bootable on an AS600 5/266.

>>>sh conf

Firmware
SRM Console:    V6.6-1
show_arc: Can't find Flash Rom containing ARC console.
PALcode:        VMS PALcode V5.56-2, OSF PALcode X1.46-2
Serial Rom:     V4.6
Diag Rom:       V1.7

Processor
DECchip (tm) 21064A-2   166Mhz 512KB Cache
[...]

>>>sh dev
dka400.4.0.6.0             DKA400            SEAGATE ST39173WC  6244
dva0.0.0.0.1               DVA0                              =20
ewa0.0.0.11.0              EWA0              08-00-2B-E4-BE-17
pka0.7.0.6.0               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7

>>>b dka400
(boot dka400.4.0.6.0 -flags A)
block 0 of dka400.4.0.6.0 is a valid boot block
reading 14 blocks from dka400.4.0.6.0
bootstrap code read in
base =3D 1f2000, image_start =3D 0, image_bytes =3D 1c00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1e4000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/alpha 1.6ZH FFS Primary Bootstrap
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
~failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
Can't open /boot.

PRIMARY BOOTSTRAP FAILED!

halted CPU 0

halt code =3D 5
HALT instruction executed
PC =3D 2000003c       =20
boot failure



And the same with a more recent -current:

>>>sh dev
dka400.4.0.6.0             DKA400     SEAGATE ST11200N ST31200  9048
dva0.0.0.0.1               DVA0                              =20
ewa0.0.0.11.0              EWA0              08-00-2B-E4-BE-17
pka0.7.0.6.0               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7
>>>b -fl s dka400
(boot dka400.4.0.6.0 -flags s)
block 0 of dka400.4.0.6.0 is a valid boot block
reading 14 blocks from dka400.4.0.6.0
boostrap code read in
base =3D 1f2000, image_start =3D 0, image_bytes =3D 1c00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1e4000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/alpha 1.6ZK FFS Primary Bootstrap
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
failed to send Read to dka400.4.0.6.0
Can't open /boot.

PRIMARY BOOTSTRAP FAILED!

halted CPU 0

halt code =3D 5
HALT instruction executed
PC =3D 2000003c       =20
boot failure

--=20


tsch=FC=DF,
       Jochen

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