i have 3 alix 2d13 machines, all currently running something between 5.1 and
5.3. each of these fails to boot the 5.5 bsd.rd (i386). bsd.rd checksums match.
each time i attempt to boot the 5.5 bsd.rd on any of these 3 machines, i see
the following two lines:
booting tftp:bsd.rd: <snip>
entry point at 0x200120
i've also booted the machines to their current openbsd install, downloaded the
bsd.rd file locally, rebooted, and attempted to boot the new bsd.rd from the
boot prompt. i get the same thing doing that, excepting for the tftp: blurb.
for this reason i don't believe networking has anything to do with the failure.
because i see the same thing via pxe, i don't believe the on-disk code has
anything to do with the failure either.
i've run memtest, nothing bad to report. i've tried different serial speeds
(9600, 38400, 115200), no changes. the 5.4 bsd.rd works just fine, while the
latest snapshot yields the same problem.
i'm hoping this is a known behavior resulting from a change for which i've
simply missed the clue. has something changed, and i am simply doing something
wrong for the newer version of openbsd?
