Marc, Toby,

From nbsd sysmanual:

setenv sunmon-compat? false
setenv security-mode none


Another helpful guy gave me this for
some other reason, can't remember,
but it was a help to me, try it:

setenv diag-switch? false

These guys from the states when they rise and
shine soon they will tell you whether or not we
are barking up the wrong tree pretty quickly.

cheers,
Paul.




Toby Thain wrote:

> I have the same problem with NetBSD 1.5 & 1.4.2 on SPARCstation 1,
> Monitor prompt repeating indefinitely partway through boot (at about the
> same place, just after frame buffer detection).
>
> I posted on it a week or so ago; unfortunately received no solutions.
> The keyboard is perfectly functional.
>
> Toby
>
> "Paul (NCC/CS)" wrote:
> >
> > Marc Jasner wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have a question
> > > I just installed netbsd on my sparc ipc...
> > >
> > > It installed fine, but as soon as it gets to the point in the boot where
> > > it detects the video card the screen starts scrolling the messages as if
> > > i'd pressed L1-A and the keyboard appears dead... i reboot the machine and
> > > it works fine until it gets to that point.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> >
> > Correct me if wrong (people), but I think this is one
> > of the environment variables not set right. diag-
> > something. Marc have a look at the install doco for
> > sparc. It tells you exactly what to set before you boot.
> > It might be it.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Marc
> >
> > --
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> > Paul     (pts@bom.gov.au)
> > National Climate Centre
> > Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
> > ____________________________________________

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Paul       (pts@bom.gov.au)
National Climate Centre
Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
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