On Wed, 6 May 1998, Allen Briggs wrote:

> > Okay, I've tried both netbsd-GENERIC.gz and netbsd-GENERICSBC.gz from
> > 1.3.1.  These were both ftp'd in binary mode directly to the Mac, and they
> > seemed to gunzip without trouble, so they're probably not corrupt.  Both
> > make the machine hang.
> 
> ...and you've tried booting them before gunzipping?

Yup.  I told the booter to boot netbsd-GENERIC.gz.  It started loading,
paused (while it gunzipped, I'm assuming), and then loaded the file.  Then
it hung.

> > I don't actually have a BSD partition at this point, since I did a
> > re-install of MacOS; I'm assuming that the kernel will at least be able to
> > autoconfig without a partition to boot off of.
> 
> It should, yes.  Your hardware's all basic stuff, right?
> This is really wierd.  It's got to be something simple...

Yeah.  Quadra 610.  12M RAM.  Internal Apple 160M drive.  External Apple
CDROM.  Apple Monitor.  Apple keyboard & mouse.  That's it.

Chris

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