Hi,

I have the exact same HD in my C650.  I had the same problem you were
having during the install of the larger parts of the NetBSD distribution
(for example "base").  The way to "fix" it is to set the memory allocation
for the Installer to as much RAM as you can spare.  Since you have 20MB of
RAM, I would set it to at least 16000K.

Since it appears that you were installing base when this happened, my
guess is that this is the problem.  In my case, I was never able to get
base to completely install.  So here is what I did.  I used the installer
to install everything else I wanted.  You will notice that you actualy get
rather far in the install of base (down to ./usr/share/zoneinfo/SystemV).
In the installer, go into the "Mini shell" and use cpin to copy base in /
as "base.tar.gz".  I think the command is

  cpin base base.tar.gz

Then build devices and continue with the install according to the
documents.  For now, ignore the fact that base is not completely
installed.  Boot into **single user** mode.  Mount your disks for
read/write.  Now, cd /  and run the following command:

  tar --unlink -zxvpf base.tar.gz

Since tar is in /usr/bin/ and you are getting as far as /usr/share tar
should already be installed.  This should install the base files including
some important files in /var

That should do it.  You should now have a running system.  It worked for
me, although it took a lot of head scratching to get there.  I don't
really understand why the Installer seems to die at the SCSI phase error.
The C650 has a known SCSI controller bug, so I thought that was the cause
in my case.  However, since you have the same HD but a different Mac, I am
now suspecting the Quantum.

In any case, I hope this helps.

Mark

On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Rodney M. Hopkins wrote:

> At 03:21 PM 9/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I'm attempting to install OpenBSD 2.1/mac68k on a Mac SE/30 with 20M RAM
> >>and a 1.2GB Quantum Fireball TM1280.  I've downloaded all the install
> >>files, read the install text file, read the FAQs and so on.  I've
> >>partitioned the drive into a ~100MB Mac OS partition, a 40M Swap partition
> >>and a ~1.1GB root & usr partition with Apple Disk Tools 7.35.  First wierd
> >>thing that happened was when I first ran mkfs 1.2, it only saw the swap and
> >>the Mac OS partitions on the drive.  So I went back into Apple Drive Tools,
> >>deleted the root & usr partition and recreated it only this time I left 2K
> >>of space at the end of the drive unallocated.  Then I rebooted, ran mkfs
> >>and this time it saw the root & usr partition and let me format the drive.
> >>Great.  Next I ran Installer 1.1d and told it to install all of the install
> >>files.  It started working and I went away.  When I returned a couple of
> >>hours later to check on the progress, I found this on the screen:
> >
> >The FAQ for OpenBSD must be a bit out of date.  Try picking up the latest 
> >Mkfs 1.45 and Installer 1.1e from ftp.netbsd.org or puma.macbsd.com
> 
> ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> I did as you suggested and grabbed Mkfs 1.45 and Installer 1.1e from
> puma.macbsd.com.  Same thing happened except this time it got a little
> farther in the install process:
> 
> .
> .
> < Stuff deleted >
> .
> .
> dr-xr-x-r-x	0/7		0 Sun May 25 22:24 1997
./usr/share/zoneinfo/SystemV
> Error on SCSIRead(), # 5
> Error on SCSIWrite(), # 5
> Error on SCSIRead(), # 5
> Error on SCSIRead(), # 5
> Error on SCSIWrite(), # 5
> Error on SCSIRead(), # 5
> pos = 0, i = 11, fs = /
> alloccgblk: can't find blk in cyl
> 
> This is MOST frustrating.  If ANYONE can please help with this problem,
> please let me know.

Mark Andres                  E-mail: mark@ratbert.aisol.net
          Running NetBSD, 100% Microsoft Free!
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