Subject: Re: Performa 6200 - minor success
To: Roger Brown <rogerhb@xtra.co.nz>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/09/2000 15:20:49
On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 04:01:52PM +1300, Roger Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have managed to 'install' but not run 'MkLinux' on a Performa 6200/75/CD
> with 330 Meg SCSI and 24Meg RAM. The installation was on the external SCSI.
> The drive was partitioned with a patched version of HD Setup 7.5.3.
> 
> I have the DR3 CD Image on the internal CD drive which it happily
> recognises.
> 
> I am using the Mach_Kernel.PERFORMA3.gz file, (ungzipped and renamed to Mach
> Kernel).
> 
> If I do a default install it gets to the 'root' prompt but refused access
> with a messages saying 'pam, illegal module type' flashing up for less than
> a second before a clear screen and relogin. Yes, I did enter the same
> password as asked for at installation.
> 
> If I try a minimal install the 'init' process appears to try all the run
> levels but a process is spawning too fast with the message 'can't open UTMP:
> no such file or directory'.
> 
> Am I supposed to be using a more recent CD image? (as I don't know where to
> find this mystic pre-R1 that people talk about)

Dig, wrong list ! This is about NetBSD, not linux or mklinux.
Unfortunably, NetBSD won't run on a 6300 yet :(

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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