on 10/25/05 7:25 AM, Bruce O'Neel at edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> You might be sucessful with the softfloat build.  I've just sent a note
> about 2.1 RC6.
> 
> I've not been testing them recently, but, until recently they have
> been working fine on my LC040.  I'm not sure they work on 030 systems
> though nothing is done to exclude them :-)
> 

Thanks, I'll give it a whirl this evening.



> On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 02:07:45AM -0400, iMac wrote:
>> Is it just me or is the LCIII a really bad choice for running NetBSD?
>> 
>> I have NetBSD 2.1_RC6 installed on my LCIII and everything seems to work
>> except for X windows.   What really has me concerned is the bootup messages
>> though.   When I boot the LCIII into BSD, I get all sorts of weird messages.
>> Here's a few paraphrased examples:
>> 
>> IWM not supported
>> 
>> No core.dump (invalid dumplo)
>> 
>> AWK malloc() internal failure
>> 
>> and a few others that escape me at the moment.   I'll post the exact
>> messages later today, after I get some sleep.
>> 
>> My LCIII does not have an FPU, could this be causing the problems?   Is X
>> windows dependent on an FPU?
>> 
>> What about my Quadra 950, what are the odds of me getting NetBSD running on
>> that machine?   I've read about the problems with the IOP's, and I wouldn't
>> be too troubled with running from a terminal.   Are there any other problems
>> with running NetBSD on a Q950 that could make installing on that machine a
>> pain?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> William
>>