Quick background info: I'm having to do a "from scratch" install on my PWS 433au (miata) due to a SCSI disk failure. The Debian 9.0 NETINST image (from "http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/9.0/alpha/iso-cd/";) seems to boot ok from SRM (>>> b dka[device_spec]) and takes me to the usual "aboot" menu. Typing "l" to get a list of pre-configured kernels gets me three items, all of which are designated "n" rather than the expected "0", "1", "2". The first kernel seems to be the desired one, as the other two expect a serial console on ttyS0 and ttyS1 respectively. Typing "0" at the "aboot" prompt seems to do the right thing as far as selecting the first item in the list. The "initrd" loads, and at the point where a message gets printed out to the effect it's booting the kernel with the expected options (as listed for the first kernel in the aboot menu), I get a halt with code 5 (CPU 0 halted), and I'm back at the SRM prompt. Completely repeatable. Before I try the 8.0 NETINST image, if anyone has noticed anything fundamentally wrong with how I'm trying to boot the 9.0 image, kindly let me know. Possibly relevant: I'm using the Radeon video card that was in the machine when the disk failed. I have the original TGA video card if the NETINST kernel can't handle the Radeon, but would rather not have to swap out the video card if I don't absolutely have to. Thanks. --Bob
