Subject: Re: [Q] why IIci won't boot
To: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
From: Mack Nagashima <mackn@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/09/1996 19:32:34
 I get the same error when trying to boot with a monitor attached to my
NuBus card instead of my internal (IIsi)  could it be the card itself or
some osrt of conflict of having both an internal ad NuBus video?


-Mack :)


On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Colin Wood wrote:

> [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.
> 
> -- 
> Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
> Consultant                                        Rice University
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