Subject: Re: Lockup when choosing shell
To: Jay Yanek <Jyanek@cris.com>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@remus.rutgers.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/17/1995 11:48:23
> I'm trying to install v1.1 on a IIci with 8mb ram, internal video. I've
> partitioned my external 250mb hd with 150mb for root&usr and 16mb for swap.
> and locks up. The last few lines of text look like:
>
> Changing root device to sd1a.
> PRAM: 0x30d2cc5b, macos_boottime: 0x30d2cc50.
> Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: <at this point I hit return>
> Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
>
> The screen locks up, and in fact, if I look in the center of the screen,
> there is a horizontal line where the text seems to be 'broken'.
Hmm, it's a shot in the dark, but don't you have cache module in your
IIci? Secondary cache is known to cause problems, so you have to
disable the cache. Or do you have any NuBus cards that might generate
interrupt requests?
(Sorry if I already said this to you before)
ken