Subject: Re: Testers needed for upcoming 3.1 release
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/05/2006 18:41:20
On 5-Sep-06, at 4:47 PM, Michael Lorenz wrote:

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> Hello,
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> please download the release candidate iso image here
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-3-1-RC2/200609031430Z/ 
> iso/
> and test it ( does it boot, does the installer work properly if you  
> happen to have a partition you can wipe, etc. )
> Right now I have only an iBook G4 ( works fine ) and a beige G3  
> ( known to be troublesome ) to test so please try it on different  
> hardware and report failures, successes and so on.

Negative on a Performa 6360. As we have discussed before, it cannot  
boot from CD, and the install floppies *always* end up timing out.

Furthermore, I am unable to boot a 3.x+ GENERIC kernel with an  
already-installed system -- if I build a custom (smaller) image, all  
works well.

Cheers,
Jared