Hello,

	I would like to extend my thanks to Roy Wood, Bill Studenmund, and
Erik Bertelsen for taking the time to help me out on my questions.  But
fortunately, I solved all of the problems way before I got their emails and
I'm happy to say that NetBSD is running well on my Q610 so far.  I am
planning to install a X client on the Q610 soon.
	Here is what the problems were and how I fixed it.

Hardware specs: Q610 (68040 FPU) with 12 MB RAM, 230 MB HD, Ethernet
built-in, DOS Compatibility Card (486SX/25/8) installed, Apple 14" monitor,
generic extended keyboard, and single-button apple mouse.

1) The first problem I had was with the booter.  As Erik pointed out, I
should have used one of the latest snapshots of the kernel, not the
released version.  The mistake I made here was using the 1.2.1 kernel which
apparently caused the booter to freeze.

2) Another thing that may have contributed to the freeze problem was the
booter version.  It was 1.9.5. and I was surprised to discover (after
checking out the MacBSD site) that the latest booter version was 1.11.0.
Someone should update the netbsd ftp site and  replace the 1.9.5 Booter
version there with the 1.11.0.

3) So to fix the problems, I went to the netbsd ftp archive
<ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/> and downloaded the Generic
Kernel 45 and I also went to Madhatter Dormouse Ftp Site
<ftp://ftp.best.com/pub.s/sbrown/NetBSD> and downloaded the dormouse#2
kernel as a back-up.  After replacing the 1.2.1 kernel with the Kernel-45
and building the devices, I tried booting the Q610.  It worked perfectly.
I also tested the dormouse#2 kernel and it also worked great.  For now, I
am going to stick with the Generic-45 kernel because it seems to be the
latest kernel available at this moment.

Someone should set up a small niche in the NetBSD or MacBSD site called
"How I Got NetBSD To Work On My Mac"  or something like that.  This part of
the site would contain emails (like this one) or instructions from people
describing how they managed to get NetBSD to run on their Macs.  This would
really save a lot of first time users a lot of time (I wasted almost 12
hours finding a solution to my problem) and get them to install NetBSD on
their Macs quickly and efficiently.  This is just my 2 cents worth on this
issue.

Your help is appreciated and I look forward to reading all the emails from
the NetBSD-mac68k group.  Thanks.

 - Rushabh




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