Subject: Re: Problems booting up with Q700
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Hugh Lindley <mule@comnet.ca>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/09/1996 00:34:37
Looks like I've solved my problem. I found the generic drivers that include
support for the Quardas in FTP.MACBSD.COM

>I'm a NetBSD newbie and I've noticed that support for Q700 is finally
>available so I thought I would download it and get it running. I've managed
>to download all of the proper files for NetBSD 1.2 install and I think I've
>got things right. I've just got all the binaries from the 1.2 binaries
>directory of a mirror site.
>
>There are a few things however that indicate to me that I'm doing something
>wrong. When I attempt to boot this is the error that I receive.
>
>        FPU0 at obio 0 (mc6840)
>        nubus 0 at mainbus
>        Argh! No Boot Device?? Only supports disk device for booting.
>        Changing root device to a:
>        panic cannot mount root stopped at - debugger + 0x6: unlk db
>        db>
>
>Because of this I'm not sure if I've got the right kernel installed. Here's
>a copy of my root (as taken from the installer utility.
>
>    2 drwxr-xr-x   17        0      512 Dec  7 08:19 .
>     2 drwxr-xr-x   17        0      512 Dec  7 08:19 ..
>     3 drwxr-xr-x    2        0     8192 Dec  6  1996 lost+found
>   384 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Sep  9 05:08 altroot
>   768 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Sep  9 06:59 bin
>  1152 drwxr-xr-x    3        0     2560 Dec  7 15:35 dev
>  1920 drwxr-xr-x    8        0     1024 Dec  7 08:19 etc
>  4608 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Sep  9 05:09 home
>  4992 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Sep  9 05:09 mnt
>  5376 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Dec  7 08:19 root
>  5760 drwxr-xr-x    2        0     1536 Dec  6 22:52 sbin
>  6144 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Dec  6 22:48 proc
>  6528 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Dec  6 22:48 kern
>  6145 drwxr-xr-x    2        0      512 Sep  9 05:09 stand
>  6529 drwxrwxrwt    2        0      512 Sep  9 05:09 tmp
>  6912 drwxr-xr-x   14        0      512 Dec  6 22:52 usr
>  8857 drwxr-xr-x   18        0      512 Dec  6 22:52 var
>    14 -rw-rw-r--    1      232   919896 Sep 25 07:00 netbsd
>fstat : No such file or directory
>    18 -rw-r--r--    2        0      629 Sep  9 09:18 .cshrc
>    19 -rw-r--r--    2        0      138 Sep  9 09:18 .profile
>
>As you can see the Kernel, netbsd, is dated September 25. Is this the
>latest kernel that I should be using or is there a later one that I should
>use. If so where can I find it. I've checked the NetBSD current directory
>and to no avail I can't seem to find netbsd.quadra (that I've seen referred
>to in other posts there).
>
>Any suggestions?
>
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>
>Hlindley@exocom.com                                     (613) 567-2593 (h)
>Mule@comnet.ca                                          (613) 237-0257 (w)
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Hlindley@exocom.com                                     (613) 567-2593 (h)
Mule@comnet.ca                                          (613) 237-0257 (w)
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