Subject: Re: Q700 woes.... Bad ADB
To: NetBSD PortMac68k Mailing List <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Matthew Theobalds <mtheobalds@mac.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/13/2001 00:19:53
Not so long ago Colin Wood said:
> Eric J. Feldhusen wrote:
>> I had the same problem with a IIci. I had been running with 1.4.2, and did
>> a completely new install of 1.5 on a new drive I had picked up, and it
>> would not boot until I removed the mouse.
>>
>> Eric Feldhusen
>>
>>> I'm doing a sysinstall of 1.5 on a Q650/Q800, and I can't boot the kernel
>>
>>> if I don't unplug the mouse after selection "boot" from the MacOS NetBSD
>>> Booter.
>
> so, what kind of mouse were you using? where exacty does the boot hang?
> is everyone having mouse problems under 1.5 or does it work for most
> people?
I didn't have a problem with an Apple Extended Keyboard and Design Mouse or
Standard Old (squarer) Mouse. Though, I didn't move it during boot.
Come to think of it, I had two mice at the same time without errors ; ]
All the best.
Matthew