I seem to have the same problem on a 8/80 SE/30, dedicated 300Mb
 for MacBSD, MODE32 is the only extension. Brief, everything is the same
 except I booted with 1.9.1 . (1.9.2 bombed).

I have the same symptoms of "scsi" failures, and can't go to multi-user.
So I would apreciate also a pointer to this kernel.

On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Paul Goyette wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Aaron Mansheim wrote:
> 
> > I would still like to ask for information about what's supposed
> > to happen when "building databases" in the multi-user boot sequence
> > and why it might not be working for me.
> > 
> > I now notice that I can boot single-user. However, I still can't
> > get past the "building databases..." message when booting
> > multi-user. I presume this refers to '/etc/pwd.db', '/etc/spwd.db',
> > and possibly file in the 'namedb' directory?
> > 
> > Again, the symptoms are that the drive access light comes on and stays
> > on, with no other evidence of drive activity, and there is no
> > apparent activity for hours afterward. My system is a Mac SE/30
> > 5/40 with 170 Mb external drive devoted to MacBSD; Mac System 7.0.1-
> > bullet with MODE32 and Disinfectant the only extensions. I partitioned
> > with Apple HD SC Setup for 12 Mb swap plus a root & usr partition,
> > did Mkfs on the root & usr, installed with (1.1) base11, netbsd11,
> > etc11, and secr11 from ftp.netbsd.org, and used Booter 1.8.
> 
> As I recall, this "building databases" stage is where the first large 
> buffer writes happen to the disk.  I recall running into similar problems 
> a long time ago while working on the SCSI driver.
> 
> You might try using the sbc SCSI driver instead of the ncr5380 driver.  I 
> don't remember the URL, but there should be a GENERIC-sbc kernel aound 
> somewhere on one of the ftp sites.
> 

     Regards,

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