Subject: Re: Major problems with NetBSD on LCIII...HELP!
To: Henry B. Hotz" , "Michael Peters <sailor@oro.net>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/06/1997 18:02:22
>At 10:45 PM 1/5/97, Michael Peters wrote:
>>  This advise may be out of date as well as wrong, but here goes ;-) :
>>
>>  1.  The LCIII has a different adb driver (so i'm told), so you shouldn't
>>be able to boot NetBSD w/o the SBC versions of the GENERIC kernels.
>>
>I think this is wrong.  (Sorry.)  The SBC driver is the SCSI disk driver
>and has nothing to do with the ADB (mouse and keyboard) driver.  I don't
>know the specific kernels you mention, but I know there were some fixes
>relevant to the LCIII within the last year.  1.2 and -current stuff is
>supposed to work with the LCIII I think.

This is true. Both the LC-II and the LC-III are supported with MRG code 
in post 1.2 GENERIC Kernels, and should work with either SCSI driver.  I 
believe the rule of thumb on the SCSI Drivers is, if the old one works 
use it, otherwise try running with the SBC driver.

-bob