Re: Problems installing OBSD 3.4 on IIsi

sunder <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:56:24 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.mac68k
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Unforuntately it's exactly the same with or without SoftFPU. (Crashing on 
boot.)

I wonder does anyone know if the current mac68k kernel is setup to do fpu 
emulation or if one can be compiled with fpu emulation for me to try out? :)

Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, sunder wrote:
> 
> 
>>Guys, I can give you an empirical answer for my IIsi.  :)
> 
> 
>>The last thing I saw on the screen is some memory range info, then 
>>"Done" and "Bootstrapping the pmap system" and it stays there (left it 
>>alone for a few hours, no change.)  So I take it this is because the FPU?
> 
> 
> Was this with or without SoftFPU? After installing, you can disable 
> SoftFPU.
> 
> I've been looking around in the installer sources and also looked at the
> NetBSD FAQ. Appearently they have a version of the installer that does not
> need a FPU. The THINK C project file we are using just contains a wrong
> setting. Sadly, I do not have THINK C, and compiling the project using
> CodeWarrior does not work, since the code uses all kinds of THINK C
> specific things. And fixing the installer won't solve the fact that the
> IIsi does not boot, of course.