Re: dk* drivers on NetBSD 5.0 (beta)-install

[vincent <10.50%free.fr@localhost>]

Le 6 nov. 08 à 15:17, Michal Suchanek a écrit :
> On 06/11/2008, vincent <10.50%free.fr@localhost> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am trying to install NetBSD on my new Late2008 MacBook (aluminium  
> > case).
> > While I've managed to make space for a decent partition and to  
> > install
> > rEFIt, the install kernel will not allow me to copy the code on a  
> > dk wedge:
> > I correctly get wd0, dk0,1 and 2 messages but I cannot choose  
> > anything else
> > than wd0 to install NetBSD on.
> You can
>
> a) build an install kernel w/o GPT support (just disable the single
> option related to GPT)

I've tried that. I'm stuck in the boot process: the kernel hangs  
somewhere; I guess it is somehow related to the same bug I encountered  
with my office DELL: this is a multiprocessor boot issue. I've tried  
to disable pckbd, but to no avail. What I cannot explain is why it  
booted normally once.

Is there a way to disable multiprocessing?

Besides, the bootable CD-Rom is NOT recognized by rEFIt, so I have to  
rely on the built-in way to boot other media, that is holding the C  
key down while booting. But then I lose the possibility to choose  
options at boot time, thus to disable dynamically multiprocessing,  
probably because the boot menu sees a lot of Cs coming out of the  
keyboard and takes that for a 0 input.

> b) install 4.01, build 5 BETA kernel w/o GPT support, and upgrade

Unapplicable: 4.01 won't start. After a short while (still in the  
discovery of the peripherals), the console shuts down, the screen  
blanks and the computer emits beeps indefinitely. Looks like a memory  
problem.

Still a long way to go…
Vincent