Subject: Re: Installer 1.1g won't mount 'root' partition
To: Mark Benson <markbenson@mac.com>
From: Kazuyuki Inanaga <happyday@pp.iij4u.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/14/2004 19:07:11
Hi,

At 8:21 AM +0000 04.2.13, Mark Benson wrote:
>I have a small problem. I am trying to install NetBSD mac-68k on my
>Mystic Colour Classic. For those that don't understand what that is,
>it's a Colour Classic with a better board in - in this case an LC575 -
>and a few other tweaks like 68MB of RAM and a VGA video mod.
(snip)
>I'm a bit stuck. So any help os greatly appreciated

You have a nice machine !

I think you know the answer already.
If your nice machine was mine :), I would do;

1. read INSTALL.txt again
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.1/mac68k/INSTALL.txt
     "Installing the NetBSD System (Sysinst Method).................15"
     "Installing the NetBSD System (Traditional Method).............23"

2. install MacOS 7.5.5
 http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html

3. make Partitions 4GB HDD like this;
	/
	swap (128MB)
	/usr
	/var
	/tmp
	/home
	HFS

4. use Sysinst Method and install binary set via FTP

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What version of NetBSD do you like to install?
We have "Installer_1.1h", it's newer than 1.1g.
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.1/mac68k/installation/misc/
(I forget the difference between them.)

Why do you choose Traditional Method?
(I prefer Sysinst Method because it's easy and faster.)

If your Mystic didn't have a NIC, I'm sure that one of
APPLE ETHERNET CS TWISTED-PAIR CARD 820-0607-A
APPLE ETHERNET LC TWISTED-PAIR CARD 820-0532-B*
card works fine on Mystic/NetBSD. Needless to say? Maybe :)

Cheers,
Kazu Inanaga