Subject: Re: Erratic booting & panics
To: Jeffrey Ohlmann <jaohlma@wcnet.org>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/13/1998 10:04:15
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Jeffrey Ohlmann wrote:
> I have a Q650, running NetBSD 1.3.2 with a generic kernel. The machine is
> very nice when it's up and running, often for weeks at a time. When
> circumstances make it necessary to shutdown & reboot, the following
> sequence of events occurs, with alarming regularity:
>
> 1. shutdown -r from NetBSD; Mac reboots and I get chimes of death and a
> sad mac.
> 2. Restart Mac. Boots into MacOS fine.
> 3. Boot NetBSD. Boot proceeds a short way and then the kernel panics.
> Reboot from the debugger. Mac OS boots fine.
> 4. Boot NetBSD again. This time a nasty kernel panic with pages and
> pages of errors flying by. Restart the Mac with the power button. MacOS
> boots fine.
> 5. Boot NetBSD again, and this time no problems, we're back up and running.
Here's a shot in the dark: have you tried zapping the PRAM?