On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 09:09:34PM +0200, Erik Bertelsen wrote:

>  - the console output stops about the time the kernel is about to
>    start or has started init. This has been observed by other persons
>    as well.

just another data point here... I'm seeing this on my 5000/200.  The
last line I see on the screen is "init: copying out path `/sbin/init'
11" and that's it.

>  - secondly rc processing starts, but stops prematurely. I did some
>    experiments and the result is that with no screen output the system
>    ends up in single-user mode and I can actually halt or reboot the
>    system using the keyboard. Booting the older kernel still works, so
>    the difference is with the kernel.

If I'm patient, xdm actually starts, so at least I can log in...  so
/etc/rc isn't bombing out in the middle for me.  (no /etc/rc.d for me...
at least not yet.)

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