Re: Trouble running 3.1 GENERIC kernel

[Nick Hudson <skrll%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Saturday 02 December 2006 21:43, Håkan Thörngren wrote:
> I am having trouble booting NetBSD after installing on my cats.
>
> I am using Cyclone 1.3 and installs from a CD.  (I first tried
> netbooting, but I suffered severe trouble tftp-ing from my Mac OS X
> server.  It seems that as soon there is a transmit error, it fails to
> recover...  I have to start over and many many attempts are needed.
> Well I switched to using a NetBSD 3.1 CD instead.)
>
> It boots the installation kernel and it allows me to install sets.
> Everything seems just fine until I decide to reboot using the GENERIC
> kernel installed on the HD.  It loads, but immediately stops,
> sometimes it says it catched and exception, but most of the times I
> get something like:
>
> boot> boot wd0:/netbsd.aout
> Loading wd0:/netbsd.aout to 100000000
> netbsd: 467356+73728+213836+[360048XXXXXXXXXXXXXXboot>
>
> Where XXX... is some blinking reverse video garbage characters.

It looks like the kernel has got too big for cyclone. If you're brave you 
could try ABLE, but keep the cylone flash program available via disk or cdrom 
just in case.

> I have tried all supplied kernels, the only that works is the
> installation kernel.  Has anyone else succeeded in booting the GENERIC
> 3.1 kernel?

I'll try 3.1 on my cats when I get a chance and see what's best to do.

> (Previously I have only used it diskless, and that was a couple of
> years ago.)
>
> /Håkan

Nick