Subject: Re: Mac II won't boot
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Alex Precosky <apreco@mag-net.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/09/1997 17:31:11
Colin Wood wrote:
>
> > A few months back, I was trying to get netbsd to boot, with no luck. I
> > gave up beacuse I thought it might have been because I only had 4mb of
> > ram, or beacuse of my video card. Now, i've upgraded to 8MB and
> > installed an apple 8 bit video card, and it still wont boot. It gets the
> > the part where its supposed to clear the screen, but instead it just
> > freezes. I do have the PMMU installed, i'm running system 7.5.5, I have
> > mode32 7.5 installed, 32-bit addressing is on, VM/ram doubler is off,
> > and SCSI is terminated. I've disconnected my hard drive and put it on
> > an LC475, and it was able to at least clear the screen, so I know the
> > kernel isn't corrupted. Anyone able to help?
>
> What does a bootlog say? (If you turn debugging output on in the Booter,
> that is). BTW, what video card did you install?
>
> Later.
>
> --
> Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
> Consultant Rice University
> Information Technology Services Houston, TX
I'm about to try this again, this time with a newer kernel and a new
booter. If it doesnt work, Iill send along the bootlog. The video card
is the apple High Resolution Video Display card.
Alex