Subject: Re: Do any of the following models boot NetBSD?
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
From: Charlie Allom <charlie@rubberduck.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/02/2003 13:48:44
On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 06:33:25PM -0500, Bob Nestor wrote:
> 
>     Version               B&W G3             eMac                    
> 12"PB (867 G4)
> 1.6                         boots OK           boots OK         boots 
> but no KBD
> 1.6I (9/28/02)       boots OK           boots OK         boots but no 
> KBD
> 1.6T (5/29/03)     default catch    default catch    decrementer 
> exception
> 
> The sources dates for 1.6I and 1.6T are shown.  It appears to me that 
> someone changed something in the ofwboot file that has things wedged.  
> I'm not sure what it might be though.

try a 1.6T kernel that is a trimmed GENERIC. I have had heaps of
trouble with older macs that can't load the ~5 meg kernel.

  C.
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