Subject: Re: Syquest, Centris650, & NetBSD1.2
To: Stephen R. Lasky <srlasky@BurningElectrons.com>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/18/1997 16:18:31
> >would be to repost with a few of
> >the lines that are on the screen before panic: line. (The booter log gets
> >closed once the kernal is loaded.)
>
> I will try to do that. Most of the lines directly before the crash seem to
> be hex addresses but I will write them down and post them (can't copy and
> paste since the machine is dead). I'll post them in a separate post since
> I have to reboot to run the booter.
Actually, probably the best would be to try to type trace at the db>
prompt and see what happens. Of course, this is probably not the problem.
> Bob said:
> >The Kernel you're using doesn't have the required support for the 650.
> >Either you pulled it down from the wrong place on ftp.netbsd.org or you
> >got an early one that still doesn't support the 650. I don't know if the
> >650 support has been officially incorporated into the soruce tree yet, so
> >you may need to find a custom kernle designed to work with the 650 for
> >the time being. I'm sure someone will come along and answer that for you.
>
> The kernels I downloaded have been GENERIC 1.1, GENERIC1.2 (NetBSD) and
> GENERIC 2 (openBSD). I just noticed a post about GENERIC 1.3, but I
> haven't found that anywhere.
>
> If anyone knows of a kernel that runs on the centris 650 (I imagine that
> the same kernal should run on the quada 650 as well, I would appreciate a
> pointer to a site where I can find it. That would be the easiest fix.
Ahhh! This is the problem. You need to get a much more recent kernel,
probably GENERIC-16, or perhaps GENERIC-20 from:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/kernels/
One of these will probably work for you. Make sure that you are using
Booter 1.9.4 or later as well.
I hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX