So I took the advice given regarding the read-only file system, and so 
now I'm ready to boot into multi user mode.  The boot routine, however, 
chokes near the end, telling me that the device /dev/ttye0 isn't 
configured, then responds to nothing I type after that. What gives? I 
supply the boot-spit for your learned eyeballing...

CONNECT 9600

NetBSD/mac68k console
[ preserving 292022 bytes of netbsd symbol table ]
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.2B (GENERIC) #11: Thu Nov 14 16:31:44 CST 1996
    scottr@spot:/usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERIC
Apple Macintosh LC 475  (68040)
real mem = 12582912
avail mem = 9129984
using 179 buffers containing 733184 bytes of memory
mrg: kernel has no ROM vectors for this machine!
adb: using serial console
mainbus0 (root)
obio0 at mainbus0
adb0 at obio0 (ADB event device)
asc0 at obio0 Apple sound chip.
esp0 at obio0: address 0x897000: NCR53C96 16Mhz, target 7
scsibus0 at esp0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QUANTUM, LPS270S, 590A> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 258MB, 2740 cyl, 2 head, 96 sec, 512 bytes/sec
zsc0 at obio0 chip type 0
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0 (console)
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1
fpu0 at obio0 (emulator)
nubus0 at mainbus0
root on sd0a swap on sd0b
PRAM time does not appear to have been read correctly.
PRAM: 0x83da4f80, macos_boottime: 0x3291ba15.
Automatic boot in progress: starting file system checks.
/dev/rsd0a: file system is clean; not checking
setting tty flags
starting network
add host hyde.maclab.ca: gateway localhost
Segmentation fault - core dumped
starting rpc daemons: portmap.
starting system logger.
checking for core dump...
savecore: no core dump
checking quotas: done.
building databases...
clearing /tmp
standard daemons: update cron.
starting network daemons: routed printer inetd.
creating runtime link editor directory cache.
starting local daemons:.
Tue Nov 19 13:46:29 GMT 1996
Nov 19 13:46:29 hyde init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
Nov 19 13:46:32 hyde getty[93]: /dev/ttye0: Device not configured

 

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