Subject: Re: prom version
To: Gregory McGarry <gmcgarry@lux.sprc.qut.edu.au>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/05/1997 22:40:42
On Sun, 6 Jul 1997 13:57:22 +1000 (EST),
Gregory McGarry <gmcgarry@lux.sprc.qut.edu.au> writes:
> >> cnfg
>
> 3: KNO2-CA DEC V2.0m TFC0 ( 24 MB)
> (DV -- d=8)
> (Sb: devs = 2)
> (FDI: 0)
> (enet: 08-00-2b-2a-22-5a)
> (SCSI = 7)
> 0: PMAG-JA DEC V5.3A TFCO (CX -- d=8,24)
>
> It now has problems looking at the SCSI drive/bus.
Okay. Your PMAG-J is not supported by NetBSD, except temporarily as a
PROM console. The NetBSD kernel is going switch to the serial port as
as console, as soon as it initializes the serial port.
Have you done '>> set serial s'' to tell the PROM to use a serial
console even though you have a framebuffer? If not, then what you're
seeing is PROM output on the RasterOps PMAG-J until the serial port is
configured, and then kernel-driven PROM output on the serial port.
Do 'set serial s' and put a serial terminal on the tty port, and
things should work much better. You don't have to pull the
framebuffer, unless it's in a KMIN (5000/120, /125, /133, or /150).