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- Well, it's been a few weeks, but I've finally managed to assemble all
- the pieces I need to run Amiga NetBSD on my A3000. The first time the
- screen snapped to the simple white on black terminal mode, I was rather
- excited.
-
- Of course, it would have been more exciting if there hadn't been a
- kernel panic... :-) It was something stupid - Reserved had to be set to
- zero in HDToolbox.
-
- Now, I have another problem. I've tried two kernels, the first one, and
- the one named rootfs-0611.gz. Both lock up at about the same point, and
- in the same way. The 0611 kernel displays the message " -> /bin/sh" and
- then the machine seems to stop with the SCSI light on. (Btw, I ftped
- most of the files from wuarchive.wustl.edu, and as an aside, the NetBSD
- directory there is incomplete and I suspect out of date).
-
- My system:
- A3000/25
- 4 MB Fast RAM, 2 MB Chip RAM
- sd0: QUANTUM LP52S (50 Meg)
- sd6: RODIME RO3000T (100 Meg) with BSDR, BSDS and BSDD partitions.
-
- I've read about some inhibit_sync patch - could this be the problem?
-
- I've read about some prototype WD SCSI chip. I purchased my A3000 a
- little over a year after the machine was released, could I have one of
- these prototype chips? (I don't really want to rip the machine apart to
- find out).
-
- I would just grab a newer kernel, EXCEPT I don't have easy access to ftp
- (I'll work on it Monday). Right now, I have to know site, full path and
- filename to acquire any files (no, it's NOT ftp by mail).
-
- Oh, one additional question: Is it possible right now to rebuild the
- kernel from within NetBSD? I know I don't have the disk space to put gcc
- on the Amiga side.
-
- Any help would be appreciated.
-
- Gregory Kritsch | 3A Computer Engineering at UWaterloo
- ggk@tirith.uucp | "Life is a highway
- ...!xenitec!tirith!ggk | Life is a stinking highway!" -BNL
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