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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:19:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        "David E. Cross" <crossd@cs.rpi.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: netboot on a multia system
Message-ID:  <14265.56842.680302.912352@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu>
References:  <199908172154.RAA61009@cs.rpi.edu>

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David E. Cross writes:
 > I picked up one of those "free" multia systems.  I am having
 > some difficulty in getting it to netboot.  The problem that I have is
 > that it tftp's the boot file, prints some stuff on the screen, and then
 > almost immediately reboots.  the Ethernet adapter in the machine is
 > referred to as "ewa0"  any ideas?
 > 

I don't have a multia, so I'll just give you a stab in the
dark... there might be problems with your firmware.  I seem to
remember that NetBSD has problems netbooting on this platform with
newer firmware revs.

Try using a serial console on it so you can read the message.
Since the TGA is not yet supported as a console device, you'll
probably want a serial console anyway.

Drew

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