Subject: Re: Mac IIsi problems
To: Armen Babikyan <armenb@moof.ai.mit.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/29/1997 10:34:10
>
> At 7:38 AM -0700 8/29/97, SamMaEl wrote:
> > I just tried installing the 1.2.1 distribution onto my Mac IIsi. I
> >installed it on my IIci months ago and have been running it with no
> >problems. I just tried booting into BSD on the IIsi and got the error:
> >
> > You're hosed! Try booting with the 32-bit addressing enabled in
> >the memory control panel.
> > Panic: Cannot work with current memory mappings.
> >
> > It gives the videoaddr as: 0x9000480
> > Says: Failure in BSD Boot nextpa = 0x105000, high[0]=0xf9000480
> >
> > I would try playing with the debugging... but the keyboard does
> >not respond ;-)
The message says it all.
> > Any help would be much appreciated. I am about to try getting
> >Mode32, but I have a feeling that won't work....
>
> i thought only the II's (and either the IIx or IIcx) were not 32-bit clean.
> maybe i was wrong.
Armen's right. The IIsi doesn't need Mode32. I have one at home, and
it's fine w/o Mode32.
> yes, go get Mode32 and use that. as far as i know, it does the job for macs
> that aren't 32-bit clean.
Don't bother. Just proceed to --+
V
> just check the memory control panel for the 32-bit option again. do this
> before attempting to install Mode32.
Take care,
Bill