Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> Emmett D. Payne wrote:
> >
> > I don't have a working NetBSD system, and I need to comment out the
> > MRG_ADB option in the NetBSD-current/mac68k using the MacOS on a
> > PowerBook 170 8/500 (68030).
> >
> > Tools available include CodeWarrior 10 Gold, Alpha, BBEdit 4.5 Demo,
> > Resedit, Stuffit, MacGzip, McZip, suntar, ZipIt, and ShrinkWrap.
> >
> > What other tools are need to read and change the NetBSD source code.
> >
> > Disabling the MRG_ADB option, turns on both the Power Manager driver
> > and the ADB interface (screen) which hopefully will give  the PowerBook
> > a working NetBSD system.
> 
> This is only going to be useful if you can compile your own kernels.
> Which, if you can do, then you can just use 'vi' :-)  What you probably
> need to do is download a copy of a recent -current kernel which had the
> option disabled in its kernel config file.  I believe that there are some
> on ftp.netbsd.org (check the README to see which ones are which), and
> there is also the latest HWDIRECT kernel on ftp.macbsd.com.  Once you have
> your system up and running and can compile your own kernels, then you can
> use 'vi' (or install some other editor) and edit:
> 
> /usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/conf/GENERIC
> 
> or copy that file to some other name and edit then.
> 
> Anyway, I hope this helps some.
> 
> Later.
> 
> --
> Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
> Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> I speak only on my own behalf, not for my employer.
Hi,

I downloaded GENERIC-35 and this time I was able to boot much further
before it bombed. It seemed to have stopped because an "init" was not
found. Any thoughts on how to proceed are appreciated.
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NetBSD 1.2G (GENERIC) #35: Fri July 25  01:17:25  CDT  1997
  scott@mystery:/amd/see/usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERIC
Apple Macintosh PowerBook 170    (68030)
real mem  =  8388608
avail mem =  5066752
using 128 buffers containing 524288 bytes of memory
mrg: 'Powerbook class ROMs" ROM glue, tracing off, debug off
mrg: i/o map kludge for ROMs that use hardware addresses directly traps
silent
adb: using PowerBook 100-series hardware support
adb: cleanup: nothing returned
adb: ADBReInit complete
adb: PowerBook keyboard at 2
adb: 200 dpi mouse at 3
mainbus0 (root)
obio0 at mainbus0
abd0 at obio0 (ADB event device)
asc0 at obio0: Apple Sound Chip
intvid0 at obio0: Internal Video
intvid0: 640 x 400, monochrome
grf0 at intvid0
ite0 at grf0 (minimal console)
ncrscsi0 at obio0
scsibus0 at ncrscsi: 8 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0:(QUANTUM, DAYTONA 514S, 5110) scsi2
o/direct fixed
sd0: 491MB, 1704 cyl, 8 head, 73 sec, 512 bytes/sec x 1005569 sectors
zsc0 at obio0 chip type0
zstty 0 at zsc0 channel 0
zstty 1 at zsc0 channel 1
nubus 0 at mainbus 0
fpu 0 at mainbus 0 (mc68882)
boot device: sd0
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
PRAM time does not appear to have been read corectly.
PRAM: 0x83da4f80,      macos_boottime: 0x341aef55.
root file system type:ffs
init: not found
panic: no init
 stopped at     _Debugger+0x6:    unlk       	a6
 db>
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Also, since I have never had or seen a system that was running... am I
getting any closer?

Thanks... -Emmett