hi all,
At 11:49 PM 21/02/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Dale Einarson wrote:
>> 	Ok I admit I just reformated my MacOS partition! 
>> when I boot I get the message:
>> 
>> booting... Partition -1 is non-existant.
>> could not open kernel " (0,?)netbsd".

**A last minute add *** (I also installed the 7.6.1 upgrade if that might make a differance)

 My apologies to follow...

*Yes, all the files are there when I "ls"
*Yes,  I can still install more files:
*No, I can not get it to boot:   It doesn't matter what partition I tell it to use
Note:  Silverlining tells me that "MacBSD" it is partition#3 ( referance Zacintosh is #2)

*****  I am using
macbsd1.3
booter 1.11, ( I've booter 1.9 used to work also , not any more)
*****
installer1.1g:  Under miniconsole "ls" shows all my files
I changed my SCSI and Partition numbers 0 thur 5.  
I even deleted the installer preferances, rebooted and started over agian.  to no avail' 

Well I know that it is SCSI 0 and it was set to partition 3 ( untill I formated the MacOS partition)
and I do know that there are files there.  :{

	Today I gave up and formated all, and started over again.  The problem continues
it is as if, the booter has garbage in it, but I can't erase it, I deleted the prferances I have reinstalled the booter and tried older one just to see.  Nope :(


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*                   Apologies
*  RE:   yes there is a booter manual
*********************************************
booter manual:	my apologies, I downloaded what I thought was all of the FAQ's but obviously I didn't down load the booter manual.  :(.  
Yes there is a booter manual 
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/booter-manual/BooterManual.html

[snip]
Partition -1 is nonexistent. Cannot open kernel (0,?)netbsd. 
     This error occurs when the Booter cannot open the partition you specified for the kernel.
     Check for typos in the SCSI ID and/or Partition Name boxes in the 'Booting' dialog
     window. Hint: The number in parentheses is the SCSI ID it is looking at. 
[snip]

PS I used to boot from my zip drive and those files haven't  change but they don't work now either

[snip]
>the error message is documented in the booter manual, available in html
>format on www.netbsd.org.
sorry ,did see it :(
[snip]

Dale Einarson
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