On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, mmc wrote:

> Please excuse me if this is somewhere on a faq I can't find.

I seriously doubt it.  At least not the error message.  The solution probably
is, but the error message... that's pretty weird.  I think i've got an idea
about it, though.  Read below.

> After using the install utilities as per intsructions I get the message:
> "sd0(ncrscsi0:0:0) unknown message 80"
> just before I should be getting the console prompt.  When I change the boot
> program to have "single user" selected I get the console prompt and can use
> su to get the root login. However even a simple vi command gives me the
> above error message again.
> 
> I am running a IIsi 5/150 with 140megs allocated for the root system, and a
> 6 meg partition for the MacOS to start from.  Any direction as to the
> general problem here, or direction tward a possible solution or even the
> meaning of this error message so I know where to start would be
> appreciated.

I may be way off base here, but I'd say you didn't create a swap partition,
judging strictly by the partition size numbers you gave.  A 5 mb mac will
need at *least* 10 megs swap space, and the official recommendation is...
swap+physical >= 20 megs.  I'd say trim your root partition down by 20
megs and create a 20 meg swap partition.  To quote someone (I forget who)
from a post way back about something like this... "If that's not your problem
now, then it soon will be."

Hope that helps,

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