Emmett D. Payne wrote:
> 
> Colin Wood wrote:
> > 
> > Emmett D. Payne wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > [boot message snipped]
> > 
> > > 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>
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Also, since I have never had or seen a system that was running... am I
> > > getting any closer?
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure that this one is in the FAQ (take a look at it on
> > www.macbsd.com or www.netbsd.org).  However, the answer is most likely
> > that you need to install /sbin/init.  Do an 'ls /sbin/init' in the
> > minishell of the Installer to see if it's there or not.  If not, try
> > reinstalling the base distribution.
> 
> ls /sbin/init is not in GENERIC-35, the kernel that I hope will boot on
> my PowerBook 170 (68030), however, it is on the NetBSD base121 kernel
> which I have:
> 
> 	ls /shin/init
> 
> 	21   -r-x --- ---   1      3    131072  Mar 17         1931  /sbin/init
> 
> How could I extract this base file and install only it, for the build
> with GENERIC-35. Building GENERIC-35 with the full base121 kernel bombs
> very early in the boot process.

What you need to do is pick up a set of binaries that matches your kernel.
Assuming that GENERIC#35 was compiled sometime around June or July, look
on ftp.netbsd.org in the /pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k directory and grab the
base snapshot file which is closest to that date.  Then install the whole
base archive.  This way your binaries will be in sync with your kernel and
you won't get mysterious problems with 'ps' and others later.

Let me know if this works.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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