> Yesterday night I installed base10, etc10, and netbsd10 on my SE/30
> and then tried to boot.  It never worked.  It froze after the message
> "Ser Console = 0" (or something like that), not even getting to the
> point of showing any gray bars.

Did it freeze or spontaneously reboot?  Did the screen clear?

> Here's some
> minimal info: 8 MB RAM, System 7.1, Mode32 1.5 (enabled or disabled
> depending on whether I boot with all extensions off, which I have
> tried).

The memory mapping stuff has been greatly improved (as evidenced by
the fact that MacBSD doesn't boot on your SE/30 anymore... :), so
I would suggest booting without any extensions or control
panels except for Mode32 and Memory, and make sure you are in 32 bit
mode.  Just a stab in the dark...

		-Brad
-- 
Brad Grantham, grantham@tenon.com ++++++++++++++++ http://acm.vt.edu/~grantham/
UNIX is kind of like a car with primer but no paint, foam but no upholstery, a
V-8 with fuel injection but no brakes, and two dozen lights and indicators that
	  you have to know how to turn on before you can find them.