Hi,

The normal instal kernel should boot since, I don't believe, it does
much if any FP work.

Could you try that?  At least that would separate out whether it is a 
softfloat issue or ide drive on 190 issue.

cheers

bruce

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 08:15:23AM -0800, David M. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm attempting to install NetBSD 2.0 "softfloat" [1]
> on a Powerbook 190cs.  Unfortunately, the IDE disk
> driver appears to be broken: accessing the machine's
> single IDE disk continuously for a short period of
> time causes the operating system to cease functioning
> properly (all processes seem to permanently freeze,
> but the TTY echo continues to work).
> 
> I found a message [2] which states that the
> "softfloat" environment makes IDE disks unusable
> and that the reason for this is unknown.  Would
> someone tell me more about this?  Is it known with
> certainty that this is a problem with "softfloat,"
> and not a problem with the 68LC040 chip itself?
> 
> TIA
> 
> [1]
> <URL:ftp://ftp.ziaspace.com/pub/NetBSD/m68k/NetBSD-2.0-mac68ksoftfloat/>
> [2]
> <URL:http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-mac68k/2003/02/10/0001.html>
> 
> 
> 
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