Subject: Re: IIci Booter problem
To: Edward Seth Miller <esmiller@engin.umich.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/07/1997 15:26:05
Edward Seth Miller wrote:

[description of trouble booting from MacOS deleted...]

> > Hmmmm...how did you ungzip the kernel?  If you did it on the Mac side,
> > the kernel may have become corrupted (I think that the enhanced Stuffit
> > Expander does a cr->lf translation).  Other than that, have you looked at
> > the faq and tried the list of things to try when your mac doesn't boot?
> > BTW, the FAQ is available at:
> > 
> > http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/faq/
> > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/faq.html (or any of its mirror
> > sites throughout the world)
> > 
> Thank you greatly.  That was the problem, alright.  I remember how I got 
> past it last time: I made my Linux-using friend un-tgz it for me.  Okay, 
> now I know it works...  I just have to get everything set up correctly...
> 	At any rate, that'll teach me to trust Stuffit Expander...

I believe that if you use MacGzip and Suntar, there are options to not
translate the file.  Then you could do it yourself.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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