Subject: Re: Current-031599 on PB540C
To: Paul T. Root <proot@horton.iaces.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/18/1999 09:52:17
Paul T. Root wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 	I've succeeded in installing Current on the powerbook, but
> it doesn't finish booting. It gets to the line:
> 
> boot on sd0a dumps on sd0b.

i'm amazed it got that far :-)
 
> I have a 540c with 20 meg RAM, 810meg drive (IBM DVAS-2810 out of a
> SPARCbook). 
> 
> The drive might be a little suspect. There is no termination on the drive,
> so I have a SyQuest EZ 135 plugged into it (with or without cartridge doesn't
> matter). 
> 
> The only errors I see are:
> iwm: Initialization FAILED (-77)
> probe(ncrscsi0:0:0): Unknown message 19. Rejecting.
> probe(ncrscsi0:0:0): Unknown message f. Rejecting.
> 
> 
> Is this more likely the disk not cooperating or the FPU emulation
> problem? I can probably put the 330meg drive back in and install
> on the SyQuest, for proof of concept. Any gotcha's there?
> 
> Suggestions?

i'd try using an SBC kernel.  the ncrscsi driver can be a bit flaky with
some drives/machines, so perhaps the sbc driver will work a little better.
you should be able to find an SBC kernel in the same place you found the
other one.

i hope this helps some.

later.

colin