Subject: Re: Request for Assistance
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Amitai Schlair <amitai.schlair@usa.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/21/1997 04:20:16
> Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 01:06:44 +0900 (JST)
> From: Mark Andres <mark@giganet.net>
> Subject: Re: Request for Assistance
>
> Hi,
>
> It looks like NetBSD doesn't like your video card. It boots fine on my
> IIcx with an Asante ethernet card, so i don't think those are your
> problems. The dump you gave seems to confirm a video board problem. DO
> you have any other boards that you could try?
>
> Mark
>
Actually, I've got the same monitor and video card on a IIci with no
problems. But I don't have an Ethernet card.
> On Tue, 20 May 1997, Don Barclay wrote:
>
> > After installing NetBSD 1.2.1 I receive the following results on boot.
> >
> > My Hardware consists of
> > Mac IIcx, 17 MB ram, 1 Gb Hd HFS volume, 160 Mb UNIX volume, Apple
> > Greyscale Portrait Monitor and Video Card, Asante ethernet card, apple
> > extended keyboard and apple mouse.
> >
> >
> > [preserving 93836 bytes of netbsd symbol table]
> > Bootstrapping NetBDS/mac68K.
> > Getting mapping from MMU.
> > System RAM: 17825792 bytes in 4352 pages
> > Low = 0x0, high = 0x1100000
> > no internal video at address 0 - videoaddr is 0xfaa00040
> > Done.
> > Bootstrapping the pmap system.
> > Pmap bootstrapped.
> > Moving ROMBase from 0x40800000 to 0x9dd000.
> > Video address 0xfaa00040 -> 0xbdd040
>
> Looks like your problem is here.
>
> > system then hangs, when interrupt switch pressed.
> >
> > Panic switch: PC 0x323c.
> > Stopped at _Debugger+0x6:unlk a6
> > db> unexpected trap; vector offset 0x0 from 0x439c0000
> >
> > Could someone please help, I do not understand how to correct this problem.
>
> Mark Andres E-mail: mark@giganet.net
> Running NetBSD and 100% Microsoft Free!
> URL: http://www2.giganet.net/private/users/mark/
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Amitai Schlair
amitai.schlair@usa.net
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