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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