Re: MAC68K_MEMSIZE option

John Klos <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:29:28 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.mac68k
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> 1) boot from FFSv2
>> 2) allow booting kernels with DJMEMCMAX option
>> 3) boot AV Macs properly (http://gnats.netbsd.org/54942)
>>
>> Is anyone here familiar with the tooling needed for building Booter in Mac
>> OS? I'd like to set something up. I finally found my copy of THINK C that I
>> bought decades ago, in case it can be used.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience building Booter?
>
> I did it in the past (before my harddisk died) and am in the process of
> setting up a new environment right now.

Would you consider taking notes? ;)

> I know about my SCSI changes and PR 54942, and know what to do about FFSv2,
> but I could use proper patches for everything else.

http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/macsrc/Booter2.0.0-src-bbraun2.cpt.hqx

from

http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/netbsdmac1.html
http://www.synack.net/~bbraun/netbsdmac2.html

This works in netbsd-9, at least - I'm running a Quadra 610 with two 128 
meg SIMMs for a total of 260 megs - but Rob's version of the Booter does 
not load non-djMEMC kernels.

Thanks!
John