On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, William Quay wrote:

> Dear BSD folks,
> 
> I am new to this so please be kind. I have a Performa 430 with 120 MB
> hard drive and 8MB memory. I have a working knowledge of UNIX and MacOS,
> but am not a technical guru in either. I read the FAQ and other info at
> the NetBSD site, and have lurked on this list for a while. 
> 
> Here's my story of woe in trying to install NetBSD:
> 
> Downloaded the 1.2 release, created a A/UX volume on the Mac HD. Loaded
> all the NetBSD stuff on a Zip Drive. Ran the installer and followed the
> directions to the best of my ability. It ran through without apparent
> error. I restarted the machine, started the installer, it mounts
> partition 'A' as /. I am now able to run the mini-shell and list
> directories. All ready to boot up in single user mode as a test. So I
> close the installer, run the booter (1.9.4). Set options to use "netbsd"
> as kernel, 8MB RAM, don't bother me with untested machine messages, and
> away we go. It boots, I won't list everything here, but can give it to
> you if you need it - basicaly it loads into memory, sets video memory,
> prints copyright info, LC II, real & avail memory, 128 buffers, mrg:
> "Mac Classic...", then "adb: bus subsystem" and hangs.
> 
> So I restart, and try again with "extra debug" turned on & it goes
> through the same deal,  but now after the "adb subsystem" message it
> also prints:
> 
> "Got following HwCfg Flags: 0xec00, 0x 773f, 0x 1a6, 0x0"
> "mrg: setup_egret:"
> "mrg: setup_egret: done."
> 
> And then it hangs.
> 
> Feel free to offer advice. Also, I find the doc clear enough it it's own
> way, but is there any step-by-step guide to installing this? I guess I
> am a bit linear. 1..2..3 works best for me. Any and all advice welcome.
> 
I am running the same system performa 430 (an old LCII inside) with a
120MB HD, and 10MB of RAM. anyways, you will need the ADBTest kernel (I
think it is now called the HWDirect kernel). I am not sure where to find
it, but that is the one I got.

-Mike
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