The machine in question is a Storm Surge, iirc, a mac clone with a =20
umax S900 "tsunami" mobo, dual CPU capable.

The official 2.1 CD doesnt even start booting, the inofficial one =20
starts loading, then aborts with a default catch, code=3DFFF00300. It =20=

tried messing with the real-base and load-base vars, no change.

The floppy version seems to boot more reliably, if only i could find =20
another intact floppy for the 2nd disk. oh well, i am trying ubuntu =20
linux right now, it's pretty much the last one left... though i'd =20
still prefer netbsd if it'd work.

Cheers,

  - DoG


On 19.11.2005, at 15:05, William Duke wrote:

> What is it that you're trying to install on?  I have NetBSD running =20=

> on a
> PM7300/200 and Linux running on a PM7200/90, and both work fine.  =20
> I'm having
> a bit of trouble getting the X server on the Linux box running, but =20=

> that's
> due to my unfamiliarity with Linux.   Once I do some homework and =20
> configure
> my Linux box properly, I don't expect I'll have any further =20
> problems with
> the X server.
>
> NetBSD is a breeze to install and get working.  I've never seen a =20
> Unix that
> is any easier.  I did have some early problems with sysinst and the =20=

> builtin
> mc0 driver, but once I stuck another nic in the pci slot, I had no =20
> further
> network problems.
>
>
>
>
>> From: D=F6m=F6t=F6r Guly=E1s <dog@dog4.dyndns.org>
>> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:19:17 +0100
>> To: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
>> Cc: port-macppc@NetBSD.org
>> Subject: Re: Unofficial macppc 2.1 ISO for old world machines
>>
>> Can you elaborate on how you did it? In the last few days, I tried
>> various flavours of linux, too, and none are working. There must be
>> some magic trick I am missing :)
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> - DoG
>>
>>
>> On 18.11.2005, at 23:29, Michael wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> i too am having a MAJOR headache booting my beige g3!
>>>
>>> I tried the 2.1 iso on my S900 - booted without problems. Didn't
>>> set any
>>> *-BASE variables though.
>>>
>>> have fun
>>> Michael
>>
>