Subject: Re: problem getting a Q610 up
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@law.roc.servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/15/1998 02:43:15
Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> Brad Salai wrote:
> > I've been trying to help a friend get a Quadra 610 working as a mail server.
> > I grabbed all the binaries, got em installed, made devices, and started 'er
> > up.
> >
> > got through the boot sequence ok but at the place where it should ask for
> > a shell, instead I got:
> >
> > init: fatal signal: Segmentation fault
> >
> > it keeps repeating the enter default shell (return for /bin/sh) and then the init
> > fault until I power cycle.  I tried reinstalling, but not refetching base.tar.gz
> >
> > Any ideas on this?
> 
> hmmmm...it sounds vaguely like what i would see when there was filesystem
> damage, but that's a bit strange this early on in the process.  have you
> tried reformatting and then reinstalling?

I tried reinstalling, but didn't reformat. That's next I guess.

> 
> btw, what version of netbsd are you using?

This is 1.3.2, I tried both the SBC and non SBC kernels.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Brad

 
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