Subject: Re: Booting MacBSD problem
To: Michael Robinson <miker@mind.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/31/1997 10:52:32
> 
> Thanks to the help I received from this list, I managed to get MacBSD
> installed on my IIsi. Now I'm not sure if I'm having a probelm when I try
> to boot up. I seem to be almost there! I followd all the FAQ's ans when I
> run the Booter it boots into NetBSD without error messages, gets as far as
> the white screen with black type that says, Bootstrapping
> NETBSD/mac68k..blah, blah..Bootstrapping the pmap system. pmap
> bootstrapped..blah, blah...Copyright...Regents of...etc.
> 
> That's it.
> I have a black cursor box but it's frozen. I can't type anything, nothing
> more happens. Everything has worked so well up to this point.

Exactly HOW far through the boot process does it get.

> Does anyone have any suggestions? I'veread the NetBSD/Mac68k Booter version
> 1.9.4 FAQ but it lists error messages to look for. It doesn't say anything
> about making it through the booting process but then hanging. I've also
> read the Installation FAQ, especially part 3.8, "NetBSD/mak68k doesn't boot
> on my machine. It hangs. What do I do?" and verified the checklist.

Hmm. Here's something which should probably be put on the "what to do"
list. If the last message is about the PRAM time, MacOS boottime &
such, then you probably forgot to build devices (or did a re-install
after having built them). You can do it in the installer.

I've gotten bitten by this problem before too.

> IIsi, 17 mb ram
> Daystar accelerator - universal '030, 30 mhz with fpu
>                 (for which I need to run the control panel Power Central.
> 840 mb hard drive partitioned as MacOs 340mb, A/UX Root& Usr Slice0 420mb,
> Swap 70mb.
> MacOS 7.5.5, no extra extensions except Power Central
> and FWB's CD-Rom Toolkit 1.6.1.
> NetBSD/Mac68k Booter 1.9.4

Everything loks good, except possably for the accelerator, but I
bet it's fine.

Take care,

Bill