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