Subject: Re: Problems installing and booting NetBSD
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Bradley R. Smith <brad5903@pobox.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/26/1999 15:25:03
This is just a guess but did you remember to "Build Devices" in the installer?
Can you break into the debugger (that button on the case, not the reset button but the other one (what's that button called?); or Command-Power?)?
and do a ps command?

On 12/24/99 at 18:01, dz@saargate.de (David Zimmer) wrote:

> Hello NetBSD fellows,
> 
> I reinstalled NetBSD 1.4.1 on my Mac IIci today after it ran a couple of
> months just fine on NetBSD 1.3.x
> 
> After the installation procedure that I did repeat 3 times now my Mac
> boots into NetBSD until it says:
> 
> root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
> PRAM: 0x3863b585, macos_boottime: 0x3863b574
> root file system type: ffs
> 
> after that the boot process hangs. No reaction whatsoever on the machine,
> I have to push the reset button to gain back control of the machine.
> 
> Any ideas what is going on???
> 
> Thanks for any input on this.
> 
> David
> 
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