Subject: Re: System hangs?
To: None <kenn@eden.rutgers.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/10/1997 15:27:33
Ken Nakata wrote:
> 
> > Agreed.  And, not being a Mac hacker, the word "extension" does not
> > necessarily imply VM and/or networking to me.
> 
> No, I didn't mean INSTALL file should have used "extension" word.  But
> rather, since there are some extensions that need to be turned off,
> and one other that needs to be turned on on some machines (incl. your
> SE/30), at NetBSD boot time, the file should have mentioned them in a
> clear way.  Right now, it doesn't.
> 
> I don't think you need to be a Mac "hacker" to turn off VM or
> RAMdoubler, and turn on 32-bit addressing mode, all in control panels.
> If that's the definition of a Mac "hacker", virtually all Mac users
> are Mac hackers.
> 
> Anyway, it should be possible to instruct the reader to turn on or off
> certain extensions in plain English.
> 
> I'm sending a PR on this.

If anyone knows where the INSTALL file is in the source tree, I can get
this clarified before 1.3 comes out.

Later.

Colin