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From: rnestor@ti.com (Bob Nestor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD/mac68k boot stalls
Date: 10 Jul 1997 12:36:50 GMT
Organization: Systems Group, Texas Instruments
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In article <5q0hee$lec@cardinal2.Stanford.EDU>, poser@leland.Stanford.EDU 
says...
>
>I'm trying to run NetBSD on an SE/30, and I got it to work fine on the
>internal 80 meg HD.  I've now swapped that for a 520 meg HD and (I
>think) followed the same procedure for installing it.
>
>The problem is that the boot seems to stall and not go to completion.
>The last message thing it says is macos_boottime=(some binhex number).
>
This is near the point in the boot process that the Kernel attempts to access 
the BSD Filesystem.  If /etc/fstab is not properly configured the boot 
usually hangs at this point.  Did you remember to "Build Devices" in the 
Installer after you moved all your files over to the new disk?

-bob