Subject: Re: stupid newbie Qestion
To: None <jfron@students.uiuc.edu>
From: Mack Nagashima <mackn@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/18/1996 14:40:57
Try grabbing the new distribution (1.2) fyou said you installed base10?
That's on old distribution..and since you are running on a MacTV (not sure
how supported that is by the older kernels) i suggest you get 1.2
distribution (base12, comp12, netbsd12, etc....),

-Mack :)

On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 jfron@students.uiuc.edu wrote:

> I've recently started playing with NetBSD, and have been trying to get it 
> up and running on a MacTV, 68030, from a ZipDrive.
> 
> thus far, i've successfully installed the netbsd kernel, base10, etc, 
> man, secr, and text.
> i've gotten it to start up off of booter, but when it finishes, i get a 
> minor problem;
> 
> it askes me to select a shell (i take sh as the default)
> and i type login
> 
> when prompted for username, i type root,
> then it asks for a password.
> 
> i've tried no password (as specified), space, root, toor, and a bunch of 
> other gibberish, but i cannot log in.
> 
> what is the incredibly obvious thing i am missing here?
> 
> thanks,
> jim
> 
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