Subject: Re: [Q] Warning: no /dev/console ???
To: Yamazaki, Masayoshi <yamazaki@feclab.furuno.co.jp>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/23/1999 18:15:01
From the installer, did you ask it to Make devices?

Also, you should use the newest version, NetBSD/mac68k 1.4 which
was just released a week or so ago.
Good luck!


On Mon, 24 May 1999, Yamazaki, Masayoshi wrote:

>   Dear all:
>   I'm a new subscriber from Japan.  Nice to meet you.
> 
>   Last Saturday, I installed NetBSD/mac68k 1.3.2 onto my 
> Mac, but I found the warning message, "no /dev/console" 
> whenever I tried to boot it, and nothing happened since 
> then.  I should much appreciate it if you would give me 
> any advice or hints.  What should I do next ?
> Do I have to change some configurations ?
> 
>   My hardware is Macintosh Centris 660AV[68040] with
>   Internal HD: 230MB => System 7.6.1[Japanese]
>   External HD: 1.0GB [SCSI:1]
>           16K  Mac Driver
>        48000K  A/UX Swap slice 1
>       480000K  A/UX Root & User slice 0
>       480000K  Macintosh E-HD
> 
>   First, I've changed the partition as mentioned above with 
> "Mkfs" utility. 
> 
>   Second, I installed the following set:
>     base.tgz, comp.tgz, etc.tgz, games.tgz, kern.tgz, man.tgz,
>     misc.tgz, text.tgz, xbase.tgz, xcomp.tgz, xcontrib.tgz, 
>     xfont.tgz, xserver.tgz
> 
>   Third, I set "Booter" as following.
>   # Boot options:
>     BSD device, kernel name: netbsd
>     Root SCSI ID: 1, [x] Enabled ?
>     [x] Single user
>   # Monitors Preferences
>     [x] Change Monitor Depth [o] B&W
> 
>   Then, I tried to boot my Mac, and failed...
>   Would anyone help me, please ?
> 
> --
>   Yamazaki, Masayoshi
>   E-Mail: yamazaki@feclab.furuno.co.jp
>           ZXG06330@nifty.ne.jp
> 
> 

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