On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Steven Huwig wrote:

> Hello,
>     I have a Macintosh LC III without an FPU. I recently downloaded just
> about everything for NetBSD 1.2, including the ADB kernel which (I guess)
> is required for LC III's. When I attempt to test this kernel with the
> booter, it loads to a certain point and then completely crashes, a
> stopwatch on the screen. Also, when I tried to install some files onto my
> A/UX partition with Installer 1.1a, it quit with error code 90. I have a
> 120meg HD internal HD and an 850 meg external (which has the A/UX
> partitions). I have run mkfs, and have gone over everything on the
> troubleshooting list in the FAQ. I know that there are 20 of you who have
> gotten an LCIII to work, some without FPUs...so I'd really appreciate any
> input anyone could possibly have about my plight. A step-by-step
> installation procedure would be cool, too (though I think I grasp the
> concepts well enough). Thank you very much -- Steve
> sjh3mr@dukes.stark.k12.oh.us

  Hey, I had a bit of difficulty getting NetBSD to work on my LCIII, 
which isn't far different from yours.  Here is what I would recommend you 
do:

  use the installer to make your devices... I don't know why exactally, 
but until I did that, installing base12 crashed the machine consistently, 
after I made devices everything worked fine for the installer.
  Re-install base12, and any other files that previously crashed the 
installer, they probably didn't make it all the way onto your HD.
  Get GENERICSBC-15, the kernel from 
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/kernels... Others probably will 
work, but that's the kernel I'm using so I /know/ it works... install it 
with the installer utility as well. make sure you aren't using stuffit to 
uncompress any of these files, the installer doesn't seem to like that 
very much.
  Check your equipment, are you using a standard mouse and keyboard?  Not 
all mice are supported, so your best bet is to stay apple-standard for 
the first try.
  Snag your booter.  Use the instructions in the INSTALL readme that you 
no doubt have downloaded, and boot the machine... it /should/ turn you 
screen to a macsbug-looking white with black text and proceed with a 
standard unix-like boot.
  I'm no expert (by far!) but that is what I did (with lots of help from 
this list among others. =)), and I'm now a happy user of NetBSD.

Hope this helps!

Michael Donovon Peters