Re: Problems with NetBSD 6.0.1

[Al Zick <al%familysafeinternet.com@localhost>]

Hi,

On Feb 1, 2013, at 8:22 PM, John Klos wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Although I have a few macppc systems already running netbsd-6, they  
> were upgraded from older versions of NetBSD and they work fine.  
> Today I tried to install NetBSD 6.0.1 from the macppc CD and I ran  
> into several problems.
>
> For starters, copying ofwboot.xcf to a small HFS partition and  
> using that to boot the kernel off of the FFS filesystem, similarly  
> to what's mentioned here, doesn't work:
>
> http://julipedia.meroh.net/2010/01/installing-netbsdmacppc-on-mac- 
> mini-g4.html
>
> Here's what happens:
>
> http://www.klos.com/~john/macppc_panic.jpg
>
> I thought this might be due to the size of the kernel which is  
> currently more than 8 megs, so I tried gzipping it. Now it boots  
> fine, although USB is problematic, but I'll look into that  
> separately. The same issue happens if the kernel or gzipped kernel  
> is on the HFS partition.
>
> Second, if the FFS filesystem is v2, the system panics when  
> mounting. I don't have a picture of that yet.
>
> Is this a known problem of ofwboot.xcf?

I am having increased problems since switching to NetBSD 6.0.1 on one  
of my servers. I don't think that I will be able to compile userland  
again on it, it is just too unstable. The system is crashing every 3  
or 4 days and that is even if I reboot it everyday. I really don't  
know what to do, but I need to find away to make it work. There is an  
issue with whatever card is in PCI slot 3, at least if it is a  
network card. I have another system which is just like that one here  
at home and under NetBSD 5.1 I don't have this problem. The system  
that I have NetBSD 5.1 on is running diskless, but seems stable, yet  
I can't get it to compile the source tree.

Thanks,
Al