Subject: Re: [Q] why IIci won't boot
To: Mamoru Yamanishi <yama@radical.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/09/1996 14:21:30
[snip]
>         Macintosh IIci, 17 Mb, 32bit addressing ON
>         Apple 8.24 video card
>         Apple multiscan 15' monitor (working with 13' mode)
>         Booter 1.9.4
>
> When I try to boot, IIci say as the followings:
> 
> [ preserving 93836 bytes fo netbsd symbol table ]
> Bootstrapping NetBSD/mac68k.
> Gettng mapping from MMU.
> System RAM: 17825792 bytes in 4352 pages.
>      Low = 0x0, high = 0x100000
>      Low = 0x4000000, high = 0x5000000
>   no internal video at address 0 -- videoaddr is 0xfc000a00.
> Done.
> Bootstrapping the pmap system.
> Failure in BSD boot.  nextpa = 0x103000, high[0] = 0x100000.
> You're hosed!  Try booting with 32-bit addressing enabled in the memory
> control panel.
> Older machines may need Mode32 to get that option.
> panic: Cannot work with the current memory mappings.
> 
> Stopped ad      _Debugger+0x6:  unlk a6

What video mode are you in?  You should be at most in 8-bit (256 colors) 
mode.  I believe NetBSD has trouble booting when in 24-bit mode.

I hope this helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX