SamMaEl wrote:
> 
> 
> 	I have a Quadra 630 that I just got and would like to run BSD on.
> I have an external 1.3 GB hard drive which I already have it installed on
> and have been running fine on my IIci (which I gave to my mom) for months
> now. I tried booting exactly as I had run it on my IIci, and it hung up. I
> was using the GENERIC kernel which came with the 1.2.1 release... which
> kernel should I use that has been known to work with a Quadra 630? It is
> pretty much a standard 630, with 12 MB RAM now... plus my external 1.3 GB
> SCSI and 12x SCSI CD-ROM (both which worked fine with the IIci)

The 1.2.1 kernel is the problem.  If you take a look at the web pages on
ftp.netbsd.org, I'm pretty sure there is a list of machines supported by
the 1.2.1 release (and if not, I'll add one this weekend if there's a spot
for it).  _None_ of the '040-based Macs were supported by the 1.2.1
release.  It was several months into -current following 1.2 before Allen
got the esp driver working to the point where '040-based machines were
useful.  I'd recommend going to a recent -current kernel (GENERIC#37?).

> 	And, once I update the kernel, will I need to update anything
> else? Should I stick with the 1.2.1 release or should I try for -current?

Yes.

You should _always_ keep your kernel and binaries in sync with each other,
so if you are going to run a -current kernel (and you've no real choice
there), you need to run -current binaries.  Steve Allen just uploaded a
set this weekend, if I recall correctly.  Probably a fifth of the
questions posted to this list result from mismatched kernels/binaries.

I hope this helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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