Disregard my previous message; persistence pays off.

I finally figured out what to do, and NetBSD is now dreamily installing
itself on my LCIII.   I had a bad block configuration: was 133 when it
should have been zero.   A couple of other minor problems were present too.
They've all been fixed and everything is now working as expected:
beautifully.

This is now my second NetBSD installation.   I'm now running NetBSD 2.0 on
my Quadra 700 and upon completion of this install, I'll be running NetBSD
2.0 on my LCIII.   Hopefully this weekend, I'll get my PowerMac 7300/200
running NetBSD 2.0.2.

Thanks,

William


ps. I really like BSD!


> From: William Duke <wduke@cogeco.ca>
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:51:56 -0400
> To: <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
> Subject: Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> 
> Trying to install NetBSD 2.0 on an LCIII.   The system configuration is as
> follows:
> 
> Macintosh LC III Computer
> 36 Megabytes of RAM
> Farallon Etherwave NIC
> 13" Apple RGB Monitor
> 2 Gigabyte IBM HD  Model: DORS-32160  Apple Firmware 1996
> 
> Okay, here's the situation:
> 
> Hard drive is partitioned, formatted and waiting for NetBSD to be installed.
> System 7.6 is installed on the single Mac HFS partition and there is one BSD
> Root partition and one BSD Swap partition.
> 
> So far, everything works fabulously...
> 
> But just when you thought it was safe to walk away from the installation
> process and let the thing autopilot to victory, this happens:
> 
> Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> pos = 0, i = 33, fs = /
> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
> 
> 
> Okay, having said all of that, I turn to you with a dumb look on my face and
> mercifully mumble the word, "Huh?"
> 
> 
> Here's what I've done so far to figure this out:
> 
> I have repartitioned and reformatted the hard drive probably about ten times
> now - same outcome.
> I have attempted to install the sets from different sources - same outcome.
> I have run disk first aid and silverlining disk utilities on the hard drive
> - no errors or bad blocks reported.
> 
> So, to add to the initial, "Huh," I now look to you with an even dumber look
> on my face and repeat the query, "Huh?"
> 
> Any help and/or guidance is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> William
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ps.  Could it be that NetBSD just doesn't support this drive?   I'm not
> holding my breath on this possibility, but I'm thoroughly and totally
> befuddled.