Subject: Re: kernel problem
To: gricard <gricard@elux3.cs.umass.edu>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/05/1997 15:28:40
> Ok, I have a quadra 700 with 20 megs of ram and a 1 gig HD. Ive partitioned
> off 500 megs for a root& usr a/ux 2.0 partition and 64 megs for a swap
> partition. I installed all of the NetBSD/mac68k 1.2 binary packages except
> for games and the x windows packages. When i booted it got to tha part
> where it (tests?) the video card and after that it said "ARGH! cant find a
> boot device" or something along those lines. I remember hearing something
> about a few kernels that worked for the quadra 700 and I am wondering where
> I can find them, or one that works basically. any help is greatly
> appreciated.
Since NetBSD 1.2 doesn't support the Quadra-series Macs...you'll want to
get a -current kernel. The latest can usually be found at:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/kernels
Or something relatively close to that.
I hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX