Subject: Re: PowerBook 520 won't boot...
To: Thomas Riisbjerg <thomas.riisbjerg@image.dk>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/29/1999 10:18:17
Thomas Riisbjerg wrote:
> "root on sd0a dumps on sd0b"
>
> It boots and switches to full screen, lots of init stuff. :)
> I get two errors, the dump, and one related to the floppy:
>
> >iwm0 at obio: Apple GCR floppy disk controller
> >iwm: Chip revision not supported (-77)
this is normal, as i believe we don't fully support the newer floppy
controllers.
> The last few lines read:
>
> >fpu0 at mainbus0 (emulator)
> >boot device: sd0
> >root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
>
> And then nothing.
>
> The debugger still works. On entering it says:
>
> >Panic switch: PC is 0x37c2
> >Stopped at _Debugger+0x6: unlk a6
>
> Typing ps results in
>
> >PID PPID PGRP UID S FLAGS COMMAND WAIT
> >0 -1 0 0 3 0x20204 swapper scsipi_
>
> Hmm, that's all I can think of which might help. Same addresses every
> time. Any suggestions?
switch to an SBC kernel instead. that should take care of the problem...
i hope this helps.
later.
colin