On 27-Mar-98, tooleym@douglas.bc.ca wrote:


> please redirect this message to 
> port-amiga@netbsd.org, since your problems have nothing to do with the
> generic user.


> > Hello,
> > I am having troubles installing Netbsd 1.21 on my A3000. On my first
attempt
> i
> > installed netbsd on a zip drive on my 3000 and the following happend when
i
> > attenmpt to boot into the miniroot for the first time:
> > 
> > > loadbsd -b netbsd
> > ask boot ... 
> > Fast mem ... chip mem ...
> > Loading ...
> > 
> > Then the system freezes.
> > 
> > As a test i then moved the zip drive, kernel, ixemul lib and loadbsd onto
> the
> > A2000 and did the same things and it does boot, no freezing.. 
> > 
> > So as near as i can guess there is something in my 3000 that the generic
> > kernel does not like thats not in the 2000. 
> > 
> > Stats on the machines.
> > 
> > A3000
> > GVP EGS Specturm video card
> > 8meg expansion board
> > Fast 12 Chip 2
> > 
> > everything else is stock to my knowledge.
> > 
> > A2000
> > 68030 accelerator
> > 2meg expansion board
> > Fast 8 Chip 1
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appriciated, i am very much looking forward to
> > running netbsd on my A3000.
> > 
> > Ben Bogart
> > 
> > 
> >