Hi,

On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Luca Bonci wrote:

> Yau can easily solve the problem with the reverse screen, by typing mac
> instead than vt220 or vt110 at the terminal prompt. Then you can 
> configure your .login file to automatically set this terminal.

You might also want to try using dt.  This program allows you to have have
several "virtual consoles".  It also allows you to use your mouse to cut
and paste, has limited scroll back, and allows you to switch between large
and small fonts.  If you are used to using NCSA Telnet on the Mac side,
the command-key short cuts for copy, paste, etc. are the same.

You can get the pre-compiled binaries for dt at:

   ftp://ftp.macbsd.com/pub/NetBSD/utils/dt/

> On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Jim Kannengieser wrote:
> > Hello. I'm new to NetBSD, and I have some questions that I hope other users
> > can answer. I tried the FAQ, but nothing there could help. I'm running
> > MacBSD on an SE/30 (32/365) and have been having trouble with the video.
> > Upon booting, it works fine for a while, but after I do something like open
> > a man page or use vi, it reverses on me and I get a screen that has a white
> > background, but the text is white on black. Only the text is white on
> > black, not the entire screen. Does anyone know how to fix this very
> > annoying problem?
> > 
> > That problem is my biggest right now, but I also have these two questions:
> > 
> > Does X work on the SE/30?
> 
> They work nicely but remember to insatll the special SE/30 xserver (see 
> the FAQ).
> 
> > 
> > How do I install the NetBSD software that I downloaded to my Mac? I see in
> > the mini-shell on the installer that there are cpin and cpout commands, but
> > there aren't any man pages for them and I'd like to know how to use them.

Another alternative to using the Installer under MacOS, is to get
hfsutils.  Using hfsutils, you can access your MacOS partition(s) from the
NetBSD side.  For more information and downlaoding, see:

  http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/hfs/

Of course a third alternative is to forsake MacOS and just use NetBSD like
me. ;-}

> using cpin and cpout is very easiy, just put the files you want to 
> trasnfer to the same directory of the installer and then type in the 
> minishell:
> 
> cpin macfilename bsdfilename
> 
> This is going to copy the file named macfilename from the installer 
> directory to the root directory of the unix filesystem with the name 
> 'bsdfilename'
> 
> You can naturally use different pathname to copy in different directory.

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