Subject: Re: Floppy images for 1.5ALPHA snapshot
To: Andreas Wrede <andreas@planix.com>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/23/2000 12:00:04
On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 10:20:03AM -0400, Andreas Wrede wrote:
> I am trying to install the snapshot on a ANS 700/150, but the floppy
> directory is missing from
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/macppc/snapshot/20000620-1.5/installation/. 
> Does someone have a boot image or will the floppy directory appear
> soonish?

There was just a PR filed on this, and I seem to remember discussion
here about difficulty building the floppy.

You might try booting over the network...

> I tried the floppy image in ...20000205/installation/floppy and it
> boots the machine but has problems with the de(4) Ethernet driver not
> recognizing carrier on the Apple 100baseTX card. (I have no dongle for
> the built-in Ethernet). I hope that the tlp(4) driver, which
> should be in the INSTALL kernel, works better. The GENERIC kernel
> still uses the de(4) driver instead of the tlp(4), any particular
> reason?

No clue on that.

       ~ g r @ eclipsed.net