At 23:53 Uhr +0200 30.3.2001, Tom Jernigan wrote:
>NetBSD 1.5.1_ALPHA (GENERICSBC) #1: Thu Mar 15 11:41:39 CET 2001
>	hauke@q700.causeuse.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERICSBC
>Apple Macintosh Centris 660AV (68040)
>...
>boot device: sd1
>root on sd1a dumps on sd1b
>PRAM: 0x3ac4459d, macos_boottime:0x3ac44592.
>root file system type: ffs
>exec /sbin/init: error 8
>init: not found
>panic: no init

Hum. I read it twice to be sure I did not miss anything: You did not
mention installation of anything else but the 1.5.1 kernel. Are you aware
of the fact that you at least need to install the 1.5 base.tgz tarball in
addition to the kernel, and make devices from the MacOS installer?

>I got a similar panic with the earlier kernel specifically for
>quadras: http://www.tangro.de/~hf/macbsd/netbsd-kern-151-alpha.tar.gz.
>
>I've tried installing (from scratch) many of the snapshots that Steve
>has been posting, but they all fail with messages like this:
>
>NetBSD 1.5Q (Generic) #22: Sun Jan 14 15:53:02 PST 2001
>	root2@c610:/usr/cvs/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERIC
>Apple Macintosh Centris 660AV (68040)
>...
>boot device: sd0
>root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
>PRAM: 0x3a6dd113, macos_boottime: 0x3a6dd108.
>root file system type: ffs
>rcorder: could not open /etc/rc/d/*: No such file of directory
>Tue Jan 23 18:44:38 PST 2001
>Jan 23 18:44:39 init: getty repeating too quickly on prot /dev/ttyE0, sleeping
>Jan 23 18:44:39 init: getty repeating too quickly on prot /dev/ttyE0, sleeping
>Jan 23 18:44:39 init: getty repeating too quickly on prot /dev/ttyE0, sleeping
>Jan 23 18:44:39 init: getty repeating too quickly on prot /dev/ttyE0, sleeping

You need to "make devices" from an up-to-date MacOS-side BSD installer here.

	hauke

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