Subject: Re: Update to new user gets bomb in booter
To: Denton Gentry <Denny.Gentry@Eng.Sun.COM>
From: The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/20/1996 12:38:32
On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Denton Gentry wrote:
> Yesterday I reported a problem with bombing in the booter. Last night
> as a shot in the dark I downloaded Booter 1.8 from eskimo.com to try.
> It booted right up, no problem. I am now a happy netbsd user.
>
> So my problem is in Booter 1.9.2, not in the netbsd kernel or
> the installation. Is there anything further I can do to diagnose
> the problem in order for it to be fixed in later Booter versions?
> I can install Macsbug if someone tells me what information
> from the debugger would help.
> Denny
Have you tried increasing the memory allocated to the Booter? I know that
memory settings used to cause the installer 1.0 to crash, and I thought
maybe the booter was starting to show higher memory needs. Thoughts?
Later,
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