Subject: Re: [Q] why IIci won't boot
To: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
From: Mack Nagashima <mackn@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/09/1996 19:32:34
I get the same error when trying to boot with a monitor attached to my
NuBus card instead of my internal (IIsi) could it be the card itself or
some osrt of conflict of having both an internal ad NuBus video?
[1m[36m-[35mM[32mack [5m[36m:[0m[1m[33m)[0m
On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Colin Wood wrote:
> [snip]
> > Macintosh IIci, 17 Mb, 32bit addressing ON
> > Apple 8.24 video card
> > Apple multiscan 15' monitor (working with 13' mode)
> > Booter 1.9.4
> >
> > When I try to boot, IIci say as the followings:
> >
> > [ preserving 93836 bytes fo netbsd symbol table ]
> > Bootstrapping NetBSD/mac68k.
> > Gettng mapping from MMU.
> > System RAM: 17825792 bytes in 4352 pages.
> > Low = 0x0, high = 0x100000
> > Low = 0x4000000, high = 0x5000000
> > no internal video at address 0 -- videoaddr is 0xfc000a00.
> > Done.
> > Bootstrapping the pmap system.
> > Failure in BSD boot. nextpa = 0x103000, high[0] = 0x100000.
> > You're hosed! Try booting with 32-bit addressing enabled in the memory
> > control panel.
> > Older machines may need Mode32 to get that option.
> > panic: Cannot work with the current memory mappings.
> >
> > Stopped ad _Debugger+0x6: unlk a6
>
> What video mode are you in? You should be at most in 8-bit (256 colors)
> mode. I believe NetBSD has trouble booting when in 24-bit mode.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Later.
>
> --
> Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
> Consultant Rice University
> Information Technology Services Houston, TX
>