On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 07:04:39PM -0600, Jim Bernard wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 05:59:45PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I tried upgrading my ss20 (MP, 2x 390z50) today. I cross-built a distribution,
> > and installed the new kernel. It hung at boot time (just after the boot
> > code calls the kernel entry point, before the copyright lines are
> > printed). So I updated the boot code, just in case. No changes for the
> > new kernel, but this new code also fails to boot the old kernel.
> > It prints:
> > OBP version 3, revision 2.15 (plugin rev 2)
> > hangs there for a few 10s of seconds, and eventually dies with a watchdog
> > reset. stop-A doesn't help. boot -d doesn't either.
> > So I setup netboot from the snapshot:
> > pub/NetBSD/arch/sparc/snapshot/20030331-1.6Q
> > netbooting with the boot.net and (UP) kernel from here gives the same
> > result.
> > 
> > Has anyone else seen this ?
> 
>   Yes.  See PR 20948.

I tried the boot block linked at different addresses, as suggested in the PR.
200000 and 700000 give the same result, 400000 gives a data access exeption
while loading the kernel.
My ss20 has 4 16M simms.
Anything else I can try ?

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
--