Subject: Re: help with A3000
To: None <rat@CS.ORST.EDU>
From: Stephen J. Roznowski <sjr@zombie.ncsc.mil>
List: amiga-dev
Date: 05/22/1994 21:32:55
> From: Terminator rAT <rat@CS.ORST.EDU>
> 
> On Sun, 22 May 1994 "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@zombie.ncsc.mil> wrote:
>  > Which binary snapshots? (Dates please)
> 
> The machine in question (coredump) is mine.  Thorpej and I are trying to 
> get NetBSD running on it.  I have tried all of the kernels from 
> ftp.eunet.ch with varying success.  All the kernels (with the exception 
> of 744.a3000) boot, run for a few moments, and then just hang.
> vmunix.744.a3000 hangs with a 'no suitable root' - odd, since the others 
> mount BSDR just fine...

The latest binaries/kernels that are available are the 940413 versions
that are available on sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu and its mirrors. I believe
that I uploaded a kernel after that date (the 25th?).

> Ideas?  Could this be caused by the sync problem?  'BSDR' is a 12 M 
> partition on a Conner CP340 (40M scsi)...

Are you running out of swap space? How big is your swap partition and
are you running without a limit on the mfs device (/tmp)?

-SR

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