Re: can't start netbsd

[David Brownlee <david%mono.org@localhost>]

        (Reply CC'ed to port-amiga%netbsd.org@localhost as the question is amiga
        specific - might be an idea to drop netbsd-help from this thread)

        At what point does the boot hang - can you list the messages?
        Have you tried disconnecting any hardware that is not essential
        for the boot to see if its a hardware conflict?

                David/abs       david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

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On 28 Jan 1997, Giacomo Mulas wrote:

> Hello. I'd like to install NetBSD 1.2 on my system, to try to do some work at
> home, but I can't get any further than typing "loadbsd -b netbsd" in the
> installation process. I already set up the root, usr and swap partitions as
> explained in the INSTALLATION file, wrote the installation filesystem to the
> swap partition using xstreamtodev (no problems), but when it gets to start
> netbsd the computer immediately hangs. I also tried a cold reboot, without
> startup sequence, issuing setpatch, assigning vital directories and 
> immediately
> starting netbsd, with the same result. This is my setup: A4000/040 (stock
> processor), 2Mb chip + 16Mb fast on the motherboard, a 1620Mb and a 420Mb 
> conner
> EIDE drive hooked to the internal IDE interface, CyberVision64 4Mb, Emplant
> Deluxe with 586 and macpro modules, Syquest SQ327 SCSI drive hooked to the
> Emplant SCSI port, Kickstart and Workbench 3.1. The Syquest drive works 
> without
> a hitch, albeit slowly, both on the Amiga and the Mac emulation. I also tried,
> to no avail, to start NetBSD with the Syquest switched off, or with no 
> cartridge
> inserted, to no avail. I downloaded again the generic kernel and loadbsd, to
> make sure they were not corrupted, and they were not. Is there any option I
> should try to use when starting loadbsd? A specific kernel or loadbsd version
> I should try? Any hint about what's happening?
> 
> Thanks,
> Giacomo Mulas
> 
> Amiga makes it possible, Mac makes it expensive, Win95 just
> makes Bill Gates rich...
> 
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