netBSD 1.5 on a 1994 Mac68K

From: chris <cb_at_mythtech.net>
Date: Thu May 20 13:42:42 2004

>I'm thinking there's three possibilities right now: (1) mis-configured
>swap space, (2) feeble SCSI driver + marginal SCSI drive specs,
>(3) bad memory. There could be another cause; I don't know.
>#1 seems most likely since all I've done is create the swap partition,
>no config changes were made, but the /etc/fstab at least looks OK to me.
>#2 has been hinted at by some documentation, but the disk load
>went without hiccup.
>#3 hasn't been seen within the MacOS (7.5.1) but I don't know any
>serious tests for it.

I'm certainly no BSD expert. But two issues come to mind. 1: I know there
is an alternate SCSI setup for some drives. The default one doesn't work
with all drives. I've only ever used the default and never had a problem,
so I don't know what would indicate if you need the alternate setup.

2: Could any of this be due to a lack of an FPU? I *think* the Mac I gave
you (if you are still on the same one we last talked about) I left with
an LC040 in it. (that's the stock for the 575). I know netBSD prefers an
FPU. I also know there is a software FPU patch that can be loaded to run
on machines with the LC040 chip.


I think Cameron may be able to give you better hints, he's got far more
experience then I do (and has helped me a number of times)

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Thu May 20 2004 - 13:42:42 BST

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