> 
> I recently decided to get my Quadra 800 running with NetBSD. I
> downloaded "MacBSD 1.3_Alpha" with the Generic-47 kernel. I partitioned
> my harddrive, 240 MB as an 'A/UX root/usr' and a 20 MB 'A/UX Swap'. Then
> I used "Mkfs_1.45" on my partitions. I went on with the installer
> 'Installer 1.1_f' and installed the 'base', 'etc' among some other
> packages, choosed 'build devices' and then 'mini shell' and 
> 'cpin netsbsd /netbsd' after having uncompressed the kernel within MacOS
> (untar:ed it etc.). No problems so far (I guess!). Now it was time to
> boot, using 'Booter 1.11'. The log-file looks good until Im about to
> leave the log, saying "Bye-Bye..." , it changes screen to 1 bit color
> and freezes the computer, leaving me with nothing to do but restart. Any
> ideas, tip? Anyone got a working Quadra 800 together with MacBSD+X-win?
> If, yes, what kernel etc?

I'd suggest trying to install the kernel using the installer. The MacOS
gunzip tools seem to take it apon themselves to do ASCII translation,
which will ruin the kernel. You should be able to install the kernel
just like you installed base, etc, and the others.

Take care,

Bill