Subject: Re: PowerBook 540c and NetBSD/mac68k
To: Bruce ONeel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/22/2005 15:29:28
At 22:10 Uhr +0200 20.1.2005, Bruce ONeel wrote:
>Sadly the 2.0 mac68k install is broken. This isn't a pb540 or softfloat
>issue, this is for all mac68k systems. The simpliest might be to
>first install 1.6.2 and then do the 2.0 upgrade. That combo seems
>to work well.
>
>If you want to do the 2.0 install without installing 1.6.2 first you
>can. My memory is that the disk label is written ok, but the newfs
>doesn't happen. If you want to do this I'll try to run an install on
>another powerbook 540
>this weekend and write down the exact steps.
Did you send-pr the issue? A quick GNATS scan found nothing related. If you
haven't, please do, and give as many details as possible.
While a PR on file is nowhere near a guaranteed fix, chances that a mail to
a NetBSD list will trigger a fix are... slim.
hauke
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