Subject: Re: More on failure to boot
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Ken Jones <kpjones@slip.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/09/1997 21:58:23
>[Trouble booting an accelerated Mac II...]
>
>Are you running Mode32?
Yes.
>
>Are you sure that you're binaries are intact (i.e. they weren't translated
>when you downloaded)?
It took me enough attempts at installation (several earlier attempts caused
some pretty hard crashes) that I'm fairly confident of this. Enough times
that I'm crying for help instead of trying to endure another installation
from scratch.
>
>Have you built devices?
Yes.
>
>These are about the only things that I can think of at the moment. Keep
>in mind that there is at least one other accelerated Mac II owner out
>there who is also having this kind of trouble. It seems that NetBSD in
>general has a problem with accelerators the upgrade from one chip type to
>another.
>
Thanks Colin, these words are music to my ears. At least I'm not alone.
>Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
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