Re: Mac LCIII - NetBSD 5.0.2

[Dan Whitehouse <crab%dim-sum.org@localhost>]

Hmmm. Removing the mouse doesn't help.
It hangs in pretty much the same place except the last message is  
about the keyboard and not the mouse.
What worries me most of all is that the 5.0.2 kernels I've tried all  
panic - so even if I can install it, it may not work.
I attempted an upgrade of (I think) 2.10 by ftp'ing tarballs to the  
root filesystem and untarring them - not the best option I know.
The kernel panicked on boot.
I think I get the same panic if I try and boot a 5.0.2 kernel from  
the MacOS filesystem.

2.10 was working fine, but the problem I had with that was that I  
could not find any binaries on the ftp to install any software -  
thats why I tried upgrading to 5.0.2.

Oh well. I'll keep trying - I've had at least 2 version of NetBSD  
working on this thing - I'm sure I can find another version that  
works somewhere on the internet.

Dan

On 5 May 2010, at 21:40, John Klos wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > I don't think the problem is due to the adb bug: I don't touch the  
> > mouse after hitting command-b to boot the install kernel. I've  
> > tried booting the latest GENERIC(SBC) kernel from the MacOS  
> > filesystem - it gets a bit further but then it panicks.
>
> Try unplugging the mouse before booting. You can boot from the  
> keyboard with Apple-b.
>
> John