anyone with netbsd 2.0 or openfirmware experience?

[jhu]

i'm trying to install netbsd 2.0 on my beige g3. i've managed to netboot the install kernel, however the kernel hangs at the message "scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle..."

since i don't have any scsi devices attached, i was wondering if there are any commnds to disable the scsi bus in openfirmware? otherwise, i think i'll just wait for the next revision.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Try the netbsd mailing lists?

 

[n0cmonkey]

I can't remember how the netboots look. If there is a boot> prompt (I doubt it's there for netbooting), try boot -c. At the UKC prompt, try something like disable scsibus.

 

[jhu]

thanks guys. turns out it has something to do with ide detection, not scsi. the neat thing is the in-kernel debugger. unfortunately, i can't get it to work with the installation kernels (although it does work when i compile a custom netbsd 1.6.2 kernel).

 

[n0cmonkey]

Ahhh, the cdroms are usually run under SCSI emulation on OpenBSD. I'd guess the same would be true for NetBSD. Kinda makes sense.

 

[jhu]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Ahhh, the cdroms are usually run under SCSI emulation on OpenBSD. I'd guess the same would be true for NetBSD. Kinda makes sense.

you sure about that? perhaps you mean cd-writers are, or at least that's how they are under linux. regular cd drives use the ide drivers.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: jhu

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Ahhh, the cdroms are usually run under SCSI emulation on OpenBSD. I'd guess the same would be true for NetBSD. Kinda makes sense.

you sure about that? perhaps you mean cd-writers are, or at least that's how they are under linux. regular cd drives use the ide drivers.

The phrasing was a bit off.