Hi,
I see that you are in South Carolina, right?  Do you have another
Mac or would it be handy if someone sent you a diskette?  

I'd be happy to, but, I don't live in the US.  Maybe someone 
else could volunteer...

cheers

bruce


On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 12:11:22PM +0000, Bruce O'Neel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When you did the partition table, did you have a MacOS or HFS one
> left?  If so things aren't so bad.
> 
> What you need is the 7.5 Network Access disk referenced from:
> 
>  http://macfaq.org/software/macos.shtml
> 
> and put that on a diskette. You also might need a disktools diskette
> to boot from and then you can format the hfs partition on your hard disk
> and copy the contents of the 7.5 network access disk to your hard disk
> and it should then boot.
> 
> Once you do that you can again run the booter and boot the 1.6.2 
> INSTALLSBC kernel.  Once you do that choose the utility menu and
> then choose run /bin/sh and type
> 
> disklabel /dev/sd0
> 
> and could you send the output?
> 
> cheers
> 
> bruce
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 12:00:50AM -0500, Alan Dipert wrote:
> > Howdy,
> > I gave the 1.6.2 softfloat install kernel from the FTP site you linked 
> > to a shot, and it worked well until it tried to format the disk.  I was 
> > able to configure the network through sysinst as well as partition.  
> > However, when it tried to newfs it gave a "no space available" and 
> > segfaulted.
> > 
> > It seems the old System 7 install is nuked; I don't know much about Macs 
> > but it would seem there is no bootable sector on the disk.  The computer 
> > shows a floppy disk with a blinking question mark at boot.
> > 
> > What's the best way to revive this system?  Is it possible to boot the 
> > machine from floppy, and do a NetBSD FTP install that way?  Thanks in 
> > advance for help.
> > 
> > Alan Dipert
> > 
> > Bruce ONeel wrote:
> > 
> > >Alan Dipert <ad@neologic.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >
> > >>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:36:44 -0500
> > >>From: Alan Dipert <ad@neologic.net>
> > >>Subject: PowerBook 540c and NetBSD/mac68k
> > >>To: port-mac68k@NetBSD.org
> > >>
> > >>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.
> > >>   
> > >>
> > >
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >The PRAM message seems to be "normal".  I ignore it.
> > >
> > >You do need to use the softfloat build from
> > >ftp://ftp.ziaspace.com/pub/NetBSD/m68k, the likelyhood of the fpu 
> > >emulator working the the LC040 in your 540 is small.
> > >
> > >Sadly the 2.0 mac68k install is broken.  This isn't a pb540 or softfloat
> > >issue, this is for all mac68k systems.  The simpliest might be to
> > >first install 1.6.2 and then do the 2.0 upgrade.  That combo seems
> > >to work well.
> > >
> > >If you want to do the 2.0 install without installing 1.6.2 first you
> > >can.  My memory is that the disk label is written ok, but the newfs
> > >doesn't happen.  If you want to do this I'll try to run an install on
> > >another powerbook 540
> > >this weekend and write down the exact steps.
> > >
> > >1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, and 2.0 all run well on a powerbook 540c.  I'm using
> > >Squeak on X on NetBSD on a 540c to write this message.
> > >
> > >cheers
> > >
> > >bruce    
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > >>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
> > >>   
> > >>
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > 
> 
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