Subject: Re: installer crashing on si
To: None <macbsd-general@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Michael Petrotta <mgp@soda.berkeley.edu>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 11/08/1993 00:49:45
>I was tempted with the news of a new booter for the si/ci, and I tried to
>install macbsd tonight. Mkfs ran fine, but the installer crashed on me.
>Macsbug gave me system error 90, one I've never seen before. I tried this
>on my 17MB si, all inits off, in both 32- and 24-bit mode, 1- and 8- bit
>screen depth, systems 7.0 and 7.1. Any ideas? Thanks, the idea of bsd on
>my mac is intriguing.
I spoke too soon; booting under system 6 informed me that system error 90
is 'coprocessor not installed'. I threw SoftFPU in, installed, booted, and
got 9-1/2 _vertical_ B&W bars. I tried the netbsd.ci kernel, and got 7
horizontal grey bars. So close!
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