Ok, it looks like majordomo chewed tyhis one up, so I'll try it again.

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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 23:08:53 +0900 (JST)
From: Mark Andres <mark@ratbert.aisol.net>
To: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG
Cc: current-users@NetBSD.ORG
Subject: Problems with 1.3-ALPHA

Hi,

I am using a Macintosh IIcx with 20MB of RAM, a 730MB Quantum HD, and was
previosuly running 1.2.1.  I downloaded the 1.3-ALPHA snapshot for the
mac68k port. I am now in the process of installing it.  I am following the
same procedure I used to upgrade from 1.2 to 1.2.1.  Namely,

I booted single user and mounted my partitions read/write.

I went to the root directory ( cd / ) and then did

   tar --unlink -zxvpf base.tar.gz

This was the base snapshot for 1.3-ALPHA.  Tar did its stuff and seemed to
untar everything without any problems.  However, now I cannot use any
commands.  All commands come up with the same error message:

  Bad system call - core dumped

I tried 'ls', 'tar', 'cat', even 'halt' and 'shutdown' do not work.  At
this point, I am wide open to suggestions, since I cannot even shutdown my
system. 

Mark Andres                  E-mail: mark@ratbert.aisol.net
          Running NetBSD, 100% Microsoft Free!
Me: /www2.giganet.net/~mark/ NetBSD: /bullwinkle.aisol.net/
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                 Currently stuck in single-user mode