Subject: PowerBook 540c and NetBSD/mac68k
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.org>
From: Alan Dipert <ad@neologic.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/20/2005 00:36:44
Hello,
I attempted to install NetBSD 2.0 on a PowerBook 540c that's currently
running System 7.1, and ran into some trouble. I tried a "Quick"
install with sysinst as outlined in INSTALL.html.
Using the netbsd-INSTALLSBC.gz kernel and Booter, the boot gets
relatively far but hangs on "root file system type: ffs." The kernel
also reports that "PRAM time does not appear to have been read
correctly," a message that apparently is the result of a dead PRAM
battery. I'm unsure as to how these two messages relate or as to how
crucial a new PRAM battery is. While the computer is hanging on the ffs
message, the machine accepts keyboard input.
I took a digital picture of the kernel boot messages, available here:
http://www.neologic.net/ad/netbsdboot.jpg
Booter's bootlog is also available here:
http://www.neologic.net/ad/bootlog
I'm looking forward to getting NetBSD working on this computer and would
appreciate any help. Thanks in advance,
Alan Dipert