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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!coyote.rain.org!port01.ventura.rain.org!user From: jmg3@rain.org (Jim Geohagan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: MacBSD - Install Problems Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:41:21 -0800 Organization: MSRC Lines: 28 Message-ID: <jmg3-1611941741210001@port01.ventura.rain.org> References: <westlakeCz70uB.Krv@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: port01.ventura.rain.org In article <westlakeCz70uB.Krv@netcom.com>, westlake@netcom.com (Jim Westlake) wrote: > I've been trying to install MacBSD with no success... > > Hardware: Mac IIsi - 17MB Mem - 170MB Internal + 540MB External > Created AUX partition (60MB Root) on external drive (Have another > AUX partition, but not used/mounted at install time). Make FS & > install seem to go well, but at boot time, it loads MacBSD, then > changes to full screen & prints message "Preserving 73360 bytes > netbsd symbol table", then the screen gets overwritten (from the (some text removed) > Jim Westlake > westlake@netcom.com I experienced the same problem installing on a IIci, until I realized I couldn't use the internal display. Installed a video board and at least got past that part. Try that to see if it helps. Now when I boot I get as far as being asked the path to sh: but when I specify it I am told that I cant't do that as a single user and everything comes to a screeching halt. Anyone have suggestions on what to try next? I admit I know NOTHING about bsd, and almost that much about unix, but I do take direction, and am reading. TIA for any help. -- jmg3@rain.org (Jim Geohagan) also known as jgeohagan@msrc.org