Subject: Re: SE/30
To: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
From: Wayne Stewart <waynestewart@mactobasics.com.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/19/1998 22:44:48
>On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Eric Damien Berna wrote:
>
>> At 5:07 PM -0600 11/17/98, Wayne Stewart wrote:
>> >>Sounds to me like you didn't install the kernel.  There is a separate
>> >>kernel .tgz file for the kernel, since for many versions of NetBSD there
>> >>are more than one version of the kernel in the standard mac68k
>> >>distribution.  You need to install the one appropriate for your system.
>> >
>> >I am sure that I did install the kernel, there were two files:
>> >
>> >    netbsd-GENERIC.gz
>> >    netbsd-GENERICSBC.gz
>> >
>> >Maybe (I can't remember) I installed both, could that cause my problem?
>> 
>> The second should just overwrite the first, so that shouldn't cause a problem.
>
>Those aren't tar archives, such as would allow the installer to intall
>the kernel as /netbsd. David has two choices. 1)Use a MacOS tool, such
>as Stuffit Expander, to gunzip the files (line ending transloation
>OFF), and cpin them, or 2) cpin them as they are, and set the booter
>to the actual file name, netbsd-GENERIC.gz or whatever.  

Yes I did this and it seems to be working OK.

>The installer
>can handle a gzipped kernel, but it will have to be unzipped and
>renamed in order for "ps" and friends to work properly. He can use
>"mount -a; gunzip -c netbsd-GENERIC.gz >/netbsd". I'm fairly
>certain all this is in the installation notes.

yes seems OK,  Where was this in the install notes though?  Maybe I am
reading the wrong set of notes!



Cheers,

Wayne

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