Did SilverLining come with it or did you download it from somewhere?


-----Original Message-----
From:	Chris [SMTP:smirks@mail.eclipse.net]
Sent:	Thursday, March 12, 1998 09:03
To:	Jim Kidd
Cc:	'Stephen Brown'; iteration@worldnet.att.net; port-mac68k@NetBSD.org
Subject:	RE: Question - NetBSD 1.3 mac68k

I have one of those drives in my machine.  It works fine with both =
NetBSD=20
and MacOS.

I used SilverLining for the driver for it... Still with no problems.

Chris

On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Jim Kidd wrote:

> I have an opportunity to buy a used Seagate Hawk 1.2 gigabyte drive =
for my mac for $100.  Did you have to purchase any special driver =
software to use it for MacOS?  Have your problems running netbsd 1.3 =
been resolved using the seagate drive?
>=20
>=20
> have a UNIX on me
>=20
> jimk@wvpa.com and jpkidd@iupui.edu
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Stephen Brown [SMTP:sbrown@best.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 11, 1998 06:19
> To:	iteration@worldnet.att.net
> Cc:	port-mac68k@NetBSD.org; sbrown@best.com
> Subject:	Re: Question - NetBSD 1.3 mac68k
>=20
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> Could you let me know what versions of installer and mkfs you were =
using??
> Hopefully the latest versions were used.  I assume that the Seagate =
Hawk
> is a 1GB or 2GB drive judging from the partition sizes you used.  Many
> people have reported problems with 2GB drives, but only in the install =

> itself and not in the mountfs.  Some of the problems do tend to depend
> on the partition sizes and order.  What order were the partitions =
created in??
> How many other partitions existed on the drive??  Can you send me the =
lines
> that you omitted below(i.e. the ones starting with sd0a..., etc.)?? -
> basically the lines equivalent to the disklabel command.  Those will =
really
> help me debug a little better.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Steve Brown
> sbrown@best.com
>=20
> > Hi, I had an error when launching the mac68k Installer.  I =
downloaded the=20
> > entire contents of the netbsd mac68k directory, version 1.3.  I =
formatted=20
> > three partitions of a Seagate Hawk drive as follows:
> >
> > Root, approx 100MB
> > Usr, approx 500MB
> > swap, approx 60MB
> >
> > and converted them with mkfs to the correct types.  When I run the=20
> > installer, I get something like this, after selecting the Seagate as =
my=20
> > drive:
> >
> > sd0a...etc etc
> > ...
> > ...
> > and then:
> >
> > Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> > Error on SCSIRead(), #5
> > failed mountfs(), error 22.
> > Error mounting root.
> > mount root. : undefined error: 0
> >
> > then my computer crashes (gives me an option to restart)
> >
> > My computer is one that is supported, a Performa 550 with 21MB RAM,=20
> > System 7.6.  Thanks for any help you could provide.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Bobby Cox
> > iteration@worldnet.att.net
> > __________________________________________
> >
> > The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in =
higher
> > regard those who think alike than those who think differently.
> >   Nietzche
> >
> > Windows is not the answer.  It's the question.  The answer is no.
> >
> > Windows 95: n.
> > 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an
> > 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor,
> > written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
> >     =20
> >
> >
>=20
>=20