On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Paul Goyette wrote:
> 
> > It sounds like you're hitting the known "system hangs with multiple
> > disks" problem that has been plaguing the NetBSD/Mac68k kernel since
> > about last September or October.  Several people are desparately trying
> > to find this bug, but so far have been unsuccessful.
> 
> However, Guy Santigla is running 1.3.2, so that can't be the problem,
> exactly.
> 

I AM  running 1.3.2, but the problem cleared when I swithced back to 
the gerneric kernel from the custom kernel.  I'll try what you said about
making the one small d partion into a swap and see what happens though.

  Thanks,

		Guyy
> 
> Here's a shot in the dark. Use Mkfs to make that tiny `d' partition
> into a swap, and add it to the fstab with priority=1, like so:
> ``/dev/sd0b none swap sw,priority=1 0 0''. It will be the partition on
> the bottom of the list, with some name like "Apple Free".
> 
> Even before this last bug, I had a similar problem with Nomai 540
> removable cartridges. They absolutely would not behave unless a swap
> partition was listed in the fstab. With the swap (has to be in the
> fstab), no matter how small, it would boot and run just fine.
> 
> 

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Guy Santiglia  Quadra 610, NetBSD 1.3.2
South Korea
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