Subject: Re: Trouble Booting on MacII
To: Craig L. Fullerton <craigf@pop.goodnet.com>
From: Armen Babikyan <armenb@moof.ai.mit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/30/1997 21:04:32
>Hi,
>   I followed the installation notes for NetBSD/mac68k 1.2.1 and was unable
>to boot on MacII.  When I double clicked on the NetBSD/mac68k booter icon
>to start the application I recieved the following error message...
>   "Error on SCSISelect(), #2 SCSI ID=2
>
>1) I used FETCH to download binaries from ftp.netbsd.org using my QUADRA 700
>2) I reformatted my MacII using Disk Manager Mac Version 2.41
>3) I partioned 50M for MacOS, 16M for SWAP, and rest for Root % User (210M
>total => 146M)
>4) I installed System 7.5 using my NEC CD_ROM
>5) I transfered the NetBSD binaries to my MacII using fileshareing
>6) I extracted the MacOS tools
>7) I ran the Mkfs application to build a filesystem on Root & User
>8) I ran Install Utility to install all the binaries I downloaded
>(base121, netbsd, etc121,man121,text121, and comp121)
>9) I ran the "Build Devices" optionin the Install Utility application
>10) I tried booting and received the error.
>
>Any help would be appreciated...
>(:>) Craig Fullerton

simply said, that error means that the Booter couldn't find the kernel on
the specified SCSI device.

check that the drive is turned on, connected to the SCSI chain, terminated
properly, and that you have the right SCSI ID setup in the "booting..."
menu option.

right now, it thinks the root&usr partition resides on SCSI ID=2. is that
the case? most internal hard drives are set to SCSI ID 0 by default. If you
don't know, or can't find out, download the utility "SCSIProbe" from
hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu. i use it myself and it is a very good utility.

also, remember to click the "NetBSD" radio button rather than the "MacOS"
one in describing the kernel location.

good luck!

  - a

 Armen Babikyan - armenb@moof.ai.mit.edu
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