Okay, I've managed to get NetBSD 2.0 installed on my Quadra 700.   I've been
scanning the web like a madhatter, trying to find as much configuration
information as possible.

So far, I've setup my box for networking by putting a dhclient=YES in my
rc.conf file.   I have also changed rc_configured=NO to rc_configured=YES
and added hostname="twal".

I have set a password for the root account and I've changed the name of the
toor account to willy.

I want to run my Quadra 700 headless and I have already placed an alias of
the booter in the startup items folder, and I have configured the booter
application to boot on launch.   However, I have not yet figured out how to
configure NetBSD to accept Telnet connections.

Also, I have been unable to find any information on how to configure X
server on my Quadra.   I did find one "how-to" site that was supposed to
explain how to configure X, but it just says to read the readme file that
came with the X sets.  I can't find a readme file that came with the X sets
and I can't seem to find one on the FTP sites either.

A rather exhaustive search of Google reveals that many 68kmac bsd sites are
no longer available and have disappeared.

Oh, I did a complete BSD install on my Quadra from the get go, including the
X sets, games set, man pages, etc.  So I don't think I really need to
install anything else right away.   I'm not terribly concerned about getting
applications on this machine right away.   I just want to get everything
configured properly and familiarize myself with the OS before trying to get
other applications installed and working.

Any help or guidance will be greatly appreciated.





> From: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:12:34 -0700 (PDT)
> To: William Duke <wduke@cogeco.ca>
> Cc: port-mac68k@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: Trouble installing on Q700
> 
> Hello,
> 
>> I'm having a great deal of trouble installing NetBSD on a Quadra 700.   I
>> continuously get this message, among others:
>> 
>> "It appears that /dev/sd0a is not a BSD file system or the fsck was not
>> successful.  The upgrade has been aborted. (Error number 9.)"
> 
> You say you're installing, but that messags implies that you're selecting
> the upgrade menu option.
> 
>> I don't know what the problem is here.   I am using sysinst to attempt an
>> FTP installation from ftp.netbsd.org.   I have used sysinst to setup the
>> internal hard drive with no luck.   I have tried using Mkfs 1.47 to setup my
>> hard drive, again with no success.
> 
> At any point during the sysinst installation, does sysinst do a newfs
> (where lots of numbers get listed on the screen for several minutes)?
> 
> If not, then you can get a shell from systinst and do a mini-install
> yourself:
> 
> newfs /dev/sd0a
> mount /dev/sd0a /mnt
> cd /mnt
> ftp -a ftp.netbsd.org (assuming that you have your networking set up)
> cd /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-2-1-RC5/200509182312Z/mac68k/binary/sets
> (or whatever version / sets you want to get)
> mget *.tgz
> (exit ftp)
> for set in *.tgz
> do
> tar xzpf $set
> done
> (wait a little while)
> cd /mnt/dev
> ./MAKEDEV all
> 
> 
> Then, you can reboot, tell the booter to boot from the normal (not
> installer) kernel, then boot. It'll drop you into single user mode, where
> you can then set up /etc/fstab, /etc/rc.conf, and perhaps add some network
> configuration, user(s), and some way to connect (perhaps sshd=YES in
> rc.conf).
> 
> If you get stuck on any of those points (especially on the newfs one),
> post something here (note that port-mac68k is more appropriate than m68k).
> 
> John
> -- 
> Antivirus software on a computer is like a seatbelt in a car. A seatbelt
> doesn't prevent accidents - it just minimizes the harm. There's no way
> that antivirus software can prevent infection of an inherently insecure
> operating system - it can only reliably minimize the harm after the fact.
> -John Klos
>