Subject: Re: Problems booting NetBSD
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/30/2005 16:13:45
In article <1107100946.1272.28.camel@dawn.local>,
	"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> I outlined this problem in a previous mail, but probably got hidden
> because it wasn't about what was being discussed in the thread.
> 
> I have installed System 7.5 on my Performa 630, using the Network
> Access Disk (not the full system).  It only has the Chooser and the
> Network control panel.

Does this 630 have the original LC68040 chip? If so, you need to
use a "softfloat" build.

> So far I've copied the booter and the install kernel.  But it won't
> boot.  The booter loads the kernel and then, the screen is blanked.
> But the kernel does not show anything at all.

It's wedged? No drive activity? You could maybe rule out any issue
with the video or the console by turning on the option to log to an
"ImageWriter" (or a serial console). 


Frederick