Subject: Re: macintosh lc III
To: Ronald Cotoni <setient@cma2600.org>
From: Bryan Vyhmeister <bsd@hub3.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/14/2002 17:55:17
Try getting it from:

http://www.macbits.com/BSD_Mac68k_Booter.sea.bin

See if that helps.

Bryan

On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 05:43 PM, Ronald Cotoni wrote:

> i keep trying to get that file on the page it says it is 92 k when i
> download it it says it is 90 and doesn't execute.....i have no clue why
> this is maybe my connection is lossy
>
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
>
>> You have booter 1.x. You need booter 2.x which is available from:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/installation/misc/
>>
>> The file you need is either BSD_Mac68k_Booter.bin or Booter2.0.0.sea.
>> Booter2.0.0.sea contains the manual along with the booter which
>> BSD_Mac68k_Booter.bin just has the booter.
>>
>> The error comes from the fact that kernels are now in ELF format while
>> they were in a.out format before. Only the new 2.x booter supports the
>> ELF format. Hope that helps.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>> On Saturday, December 14, 2002, at 05:21 PM, Ronald Cotoni wrote:
>>
>>> i have a macintosh lc III here it was runing a broken 1.5.3 install 
>>> so
>>> i
>>> decided to reinstall with 1.6.  WHen i try to use the kernel booter 
>>> to
>>> boot the intaller kernel it says boot error: this kernel is not in a
>>> format which the booter can execute.  anyone else had this error?
>>>
>>
>>
>