Subject: Re: NetBSD on Mac 550
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@metronet.com>
From: Jell-O <wookie@us.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/16/1995 22:59:06
>Does anyone know the chances of getting NetBSD running on an LC550/Performa
>550?
>
>The system I have is a 68030 33Mhz with a 68882 33Mhz FPU.  I have
>upgraded the RAM to 12 Meg and swapped the original internal disk for a
>540 Meg drive.  The keyboard was replaced with an Extended Keyboard.
>Everything is straight Apple except the disk drive which was formatted
>and partitioned with SCSI Director. The disk has been partitioned with a
>Root/USR and SWAP MacBSD partitions and a couple of MacOS partitions.
>I've downloaded and installed all the tar archives (minus the sources),
>and have installed the Aug 8 '95 Kernel from Puma.  When I attempt to
>boot it gets as far as the line "ABD: System", then it hangs.  I've
>verifed that 32-bit addresssing is enabled and Virtual Memory has been
>disabled.
>
>Is there any hope for me and this system with NetBSD?  Will I have a
>better chance with the new 1.1 release coming soon?

Bob,

I just bought an FPU today for my Performa 550 in hopes of running NetBSD
on my Mac too.  It should be coming in the mail soon.  The next step for me
is seeing how to get the thing up and running properly.  Please let me know
how things work out for you.

Thanks,

Jon
wookie@us.net