Subject: Lockup when choosing shell
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Tim Barthel <tcb@ibs.uscs.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/18/1995 09:53:37
Jay Yanek writes:
>
> 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.
>
> I have installed successfully base11, netbsd11, and etc11 for starters.
>
> When I boot using booter, it seems to go well until I get a prompt asking:
>
> Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
>
> If I hit return, or type for instance /bin/csh, it just repeats the line
> 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'.
>
> Clues?
> Jay
Jay, I had the same problem with a slightly pre 1.1 alpha and never
did get any answers. Just thought I would let you know you're not
alone.
Tim B.
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