When I use the GENERIC-84 kernel, I can't use the keyboard. I get to the
same point as the MRG-84 kernel but when it asks for a shell, I can pound on
the keyboard all day and nothing is entered.

BTW, just to let everyone know, I am new (as in Wednesday) to BSD. I have
been using Linux for about three years and Slow-aris for one. I can talk the
talk but I don't know BSD nameing conventions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Colin Wood [SMTP:cwood@ichips.intel.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 10, 1998 10:48 AM
> To:	MCENHILLK@SSG.Gunter.AF.mil
> Cc:	port-mac68k@netbsd.org
> Subject:	Re: PB170 Problems
> 
> MCENHILLK@SSG.Gunter.AF.mil wrote:
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > I managed to get the current snapshot of NetBSD installed on my PB170
> and I
> > am running into a problem while the system boots. The only kernel that I
> can
> > get to work off of the ftp.netbsd.org site is netbsd.MRG-84.tar.gz . I
> am
> > trying to boot into single user mode. Booter works ( version 1.11.3) and
> the
> > monitor switches to the console but dies after it asks me for a shell to
> > use. Here are the last few lines.
> > 
> > 
> > <snipped a whole lot of stuff that look right>
> > PRAM time does not appear to have been read correctly.
> > PRAM: 0x83da3f80, macosboottime: 0x35f78614.
> > root file system type: ffs
> > Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
> > panic: pool_get: must have NOWAIT
> > Stopped at	_Debugger+0x6: unlk a6
> > db>
> > 
> > That is it. The system stays there (not that I expected the kernel to
> boot
> > through the debugger)
> > 
> > Could any one give me a hand or a starting point of where to go from
> here?
> 
> This was fixed as of Tuesday, I think.  Since you probably can't compile
> your own kernels yet, I'd wait for Steve's next snapshot (sometime next
> week, probably), unless there's someone on the list whose willing to
> compile one for you.
> 
> BTW, how does the HWDIRECT kernel (i.e. the non-MRG one) fail?  I thought
> we had PB ADB support pretty much nailed down....
> 
> Later. 
> 
> -- 
> Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
> Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> I speak only on my own behalf, not for my employer.