Subject: Re: Booting freezes on LC II
To: Russell Cotton <rcotton@tenet.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/23/1997 17:36:48
> I got NetBSD current installed on my LC II just fine. I installed the
> GENERIC-20 kernel. When i attempt to boot, my computer freezes.
>
> More Info:
>
> I start up from the 7.5 disk tools disk
Here's where the problem probably is...
> I open the booter program
> I have the name netbsd typed in the kernel name field in the booter options
> I don't switch to 1-bit display (could this be it?)
> I have 6MB RAM
> The booter spews out all the startup info, then gets to the point where
> the booter verifies that I really want to boot NetBSD, then, when I press
> continue, ejects the disk tools floppy and hangs. The cursor doesn't move
> or anything.
I think that recent version of the booter (or maybe recent kernels)
cannot handle booting off of a minimum system. There are some routines
which must be called which only exist in a normal MacOS install. Since
the Disk Tools disk has a very minimal system on it, the booter is
failing. Try to install another system if you can (or boot off of your
normal system and boot with extensions off).
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX