Subject: Re: NetBSD/Mac IIci?
To: None <macbsd-general@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Super Dave Garozzo <udgarozz@king.mcs.drexel.edu>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 03/13/1994 16:05:34
> > I have recently heard about NetBSD/Mac and decided to give it a try. I
> > read that testing has not been done on the IIci, but I decided to try it
> > out anyway. It crashed. Has NetBSD/Mac worked on any IIci computers yet?
>
> Yes, it booted once. You need to do the following:
>
> - you need a nubus video card
> - you need to have a monitor plugged into it
> - you need to have *no* monitor plugged into the built-in video
> - you need to reboot so that MacOS detects the above and rearranges its
> memory appropriately
>
> That might help you -- let us know. We're currently working on a version
> which does not require the above restrictions. (Note that the above only
> applies to the IIci, not the IIsi. You need at least 4 megs in Bank A,
> and the IIsi only has 1 meg.)
>
Well, I guess I'm out of luck until the new version of it comes out... I
don't own a NuBus video card! Has the problem with the Magneto Optical
cartridges been fixed yet?
Thanks,
Dave Garozzo
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