On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, David A. Gatwood wrote:

> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:23:55 -0600 (CST)
> From: David A. Gatwood <marsmail@globegate.utm.edu>
> To: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@flame.org>
> Cc: NetBSD/mac68k <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
> Subject: Re: NIC memory corrupt
> 
> On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:
> 
> > Every few boots or so, I get the message that my NIC memory is corrupt. I
> > understand this if I force reboot the machine but not after rebooting from
> > a 'halt.' Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> That's what I'd call a warning level or even info level error message.
> The card still works after that, right?  Anyway, it's usually caused by
> MacOS initializing the card before NetBSD takes over.
> 

I don't think MacOS initializes the card. I boot with extensions off to
go into NetBSD.

> > [root@kristy]-~# halt
> > NetBSD/mac68k doesn't trust itself to update RTC at shutdown.
> > System halted.
> 
> Ick.  You should always use shutdown to shut the machine down.  For a
> halt, use "shutdown -h now", for a reboot, use "shutdown -r now".  They're
> the same under many OSes, e.g. linux, but IIRC, not under NetBSD.
> 
> 
> Later,
> David
> 
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Cheers,
Sean

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