Subject: Re: problem w/ NetBSD on a Powerbook Duo 230
To: None <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
From: Dr. Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/26/1998 11:48:36
On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:
> ..
> > However, the booting ended with the following lines at the top of a white
> > screen:
> >
> > [ preserving 323395 bytes of netbsd symbol table ]
> > Bootstrapping NetBSD/mac68k.
> > Getting mapping from MMU.
> >
> > The cursor froze just below the third line---I couldn't type anything.
>
> Hi Christopher. Basically, the kernel you are booting with is
> not compatible with Duos. The only kernel that I have found that does
> is an old 1.2-based one which can be found here:
>
> http://www.axlight.com/people/daishi/macbsd/netbsd-e.html
>
> 1) I think you need to install an older set of packages on your Zip
> disk. The 1.3.2 binaries will not run with this 1.2 based kernel
>
> 2) The author of this kernel had to make some changes to the VIA
> register and serial port mapping code. I also think that there
> are some memory mapping issues that have yet to be resolved on
> the Duos, but haven't had time to investigate yet.
Is it possible to get these changes?
They really should be sitting in the pr database somewhere. :-)
> 3) As far as I know, none of these changes have ever been applied to
> the current kernels
Take care,
Bill