Subject: Re: IIci Booter problem
To: Edward Seth Miller <esmiller@engin.umich.edu>
From: Christopher R. Bowman <crb@glue.umd.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/07/1997 17:05:52
>I am attempting to set up a IIci, and so (logically enough) I decided to
>try NetBSD out under MacOS before committing to the whole installation.
>I pulled down booter 1.9.5 and unBinHexed and unStuffed it, and I grabbed
>kernel 1.2.1, which I ungzipped and untarred.  I put them both into a
>folder, and attempted to boot.  I've tried it with monitor in 1, 2, 4,
>and 8-bit modes, both Mac Display Card 4*8 and IIci internal video, and
>with cache and ethernet card in and out.  I always get the same thing.
>The computer makes it up to:
>
>	Set _mac68k_vrsrc_vec to {0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 }.
>
>And (since I told it to ask before booting, so that I could see where the
>problem was and review my env dumps) it proceeds to ask if I want to
>continue the boot.  I say yes, and it locks up about 1 or 2 seconds
>later.  Nothing else comes onto the screen, and I have extra debugging
>on, debugging set to level 10...
>	Anybody have any ideas?  I think I saw this before when I tried
>to make a Performa 640 work (I gave up on THAT quick), and I think I got
>it past there, but I don't remember how.
>	By the way, I have 8M of RAM, with MacOS 7.1 installed.  I don't
>know if that is of any importance.
>	Thanks for any assistance.
>
>	-Seth Miller

My IIci works fine in 8 bit mode internal video, so I probably can't help
since I never had any troubleand I use a custom kernel, but check, do you
have virtual memory on? It should be OFF.

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