Subject: failed to boot sysninst
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Riccardo Mottola <zuse@libero.it>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/07/2005 00:09:28
Hey !

I decided to give netbsd 2.02 a try on my macIIci, since late openbsd 
version have troubles. And I'm a long-time netbsd'er on 68k. Although 
I'm quite silently here lately.

The MacIIci has obviously FPU, Ethernet and I use an NuBUS videocard, I 
have an Apple DSisplay card, but have some supermac cards too I just 
have here since I conducted some tests with OpenBSD. The machine runs 
OpenBSD 3.6 fine and did run previosuly netbsd from 1.3 to 1.6 :) so it 
is a fine box.
The video is set to b/w (although I my goal is to get Color X11).

I start the sysinst from booter 2.0 using the netbsd-install kernel. The 
kernel starts booting and reports various hardware, detects the md0 disk 
with ffs filesystem and then fails dropping into the debugger saying 
that there is no console to open. I tried with another videocard, but I 
get the same problem. Keyboard works inside the debugger. ANy ideas ?

-Riccardo

PS: how does netbsd 2.0.2 compare with 1.6 on 68k ? I read of quite some 
rpoblems in this list about it, stabilty and memory problems...
How does it compare with memory usage and CPU speed? did the kernel get 
fatter? and the system size?
I ask because I have a historic original MacII which runs 1.6 quite fine 
(apart the infamous "poweroff" problem). It has ony 8mb of ram (can't 
find suitable simms...) and even does X ! the speed with X is slow, but 
it works. When used under console it is still amazing what a 16Mhz box 
can do. I wonder if I could expect better or worse performance with 
2.0.2 on this limited box.