Subject: Re: mac2si and BSD
To: paul snelling <pauls@galadriel.bt.co.uk>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/10/1997 16:38:34
OK, if the "network indicator" flashes, that probably means you
have Appletalk running.  Turn it off _before_ you try to boot
NetBSD.

On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, paul snelling wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have installed BSD V1.21 on a Mac II si. Everything went
> well during instalation etc but on booting BSD haults and
> locks the system. The message displayed is:
> 
> Set _mac68k_vrsrc_cnt to 0.
> 
> The network indicator in the top right corner of the screen
> flashes just before freezing.....
> 
> The Mac is running MAC o/s system software B1-7.5.3 Rev 2
> It has 9 Megs of memory
> BSD is installed on a 200 Meg partition on address 1
> It has an ethernet card with WWEI-1MV marked on it !!!
> The machine is not clock chipped 
> The machine has no Maths co-pro
> 
> Paul Snelling
> IP Engineering
> BT Labs
> Martlesham Heath
> +441473640368
> 

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