Re: NetBSD 10.0 on a Mac IIci

[Stan Johnson <userm57%yahoo.com@localhost>]

Update:

NetBSD 10.0 doesn't seem to like the SuperMac Thunder/24 video card.
Installation seems to be working using built-in video.

Is there a list of Nubus video cards that are supported by NetBSD?

-s

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On 4/9/24 8:52 AM, Stan Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install NetBSD 10.0 on a Mac IIci. The system has the
> following:
> 
> Memory: 80 MiB (Bank A: 64 MiB; Bank B: 16 MiB)
> 32 KiB cache card
> Nubus:
>   C: (Nearest the edge): Radius Rocket-25 (installed for other testing)
>   D: (Middle slot): SuperMac Thunder/24 Rev 1 ROM 1.7.0 video
>   E: (Nearest cache card): Asante MacCon Ethernet
> 
> After locating an ancient Apple 300 CD-ROM drive, and using either Mac
> OS 7.5.5 resolution 1024x768 or 832x624, the system fails to boot
> netbsd_install.gz with a disk timeout on sd0.
> 
> Booting netbsd_installsbc.gz works better, but it panics:
> 
> ...
> macvid0: Unknown video card ID 0x2cb -- Not installing interrupt routine
> ...
> panic: cdopen: no console device
> ...
> 
> Next, I plan to try removing all the cards except for the cache card and
> the Asante Ethernet and boot using the built-in video.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas on how to get NetBSD 10.0 to recognize the
> console device using the SuperMac video card, please let me know. This
> system has previously run NetBSD 9.0 without any problems, but that was
> a long time ago and may have been with the built-in video. I can send
> the console log if I can figure out how to re-direct it to a serial port.
> 
> thanks for any suggestions
> 
> -Stan Johnson
>