On Wed, 13 Nov 1996 briggs@puma.macbsd.com wrote:

> That's probably because it's trying to beep and you don't have a kernel
> with a fix for that, yet.  The 660AV and 840AV both crash when NetBSD
> tries to access the sound.  As for the ESC key, you can use ^[
> (control+left square bracket).  That is, if you have a control key (I
> think that all ADB keyboards do).

Hmmm.  Something really strange is happening to my 840av now.  In MacOS, 
I tried to run an application which I used to do all the time (THINK 
Reference), and a couple of days ago, it started crashing everytime I ran 
it.  But it didn't do the standard lock-the-mouse crash, it dumped 
something to the speaker and quit to the finder with syserr #-28.  I've 
been noticing this a lot lately with other MacOS programs (err #-28), but 
I had never heard the speaker do what it did.  It all started after I 
tried to boot NetBSD.  Go figure.  I even turned the power off and on 
(cold start) and it did the same thing.  It never did that before.

Just thought I'd comment.  It may be a bug with the SuperMario ROMs, who 
knows?

I hate to ask a bunch of questions, but I feel I need to now.  I've tried 
installing the 1.2? generic kernel and the base pack onto my Quadra 840av 
(56M RAM, using internal 1/2-gig SCSI drive).  Anywho, when I try to boot 
I get that "can't find partition error (0,"")" or somethine like that.  
THe FAQ didn't help.  I checked my settings, and can't seem to find the 
source of my error.  I did some strange things with the partition map:  I 
made a ROOT partition after my MacOS partition, followed by a SWAP 
partition, followed by a Root/Usr partition.  The installer and the 
booter wouldn't recognize either Root partition, though I did manage to 
mkfs on both Root partitions (after a bit of work).  I guess my complaint 
is "Can we have multiple Root/Usr partitions on a single drive?"  If not, 
why not?  I wouldn't mind helping to clean up the booter code, but time 
isn't something I have enormous amounts of.

Which kernel works best on the 840av?  Is there a working 040 kernel with 
ADB support?  It would be nice to have a list of machines and the kernels 
that work with them on the FTP site.  I think something like that is on 
the webpage, but I avoid the web with a passion.  Also, Linux and various 
other Unices have an INSTALL.txt file which gives a step-by-step detailed 
instructions.  If somebody has LOTS of time, they could work on the 
documentation.  Not that I'm complaining-- I'm very excited that NetBSD 
is doing something on my Mac!  I also like the NetBSD-ism that 
constitutes how everything is done.  Linux is too unstable and widespread 
(in the sense that everybody and their mother is compiling a different 
kernel everyday)...  Keep up the great work!

Oh, and one more question.  Is anybody on this list familiar with 040 
interworkings?  I have some PMMU- and cache-related questions.  Email me 
directly so I don't pullute the mailing list any further.  Thanks!

--Rick C. Petty,  aka Snoopy                <h1><blink>I hate Netscape!
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