In article <[email protected]>, Felix Deichmann <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, > >just tried to boot NetBSD/i386 7.0 (LEGACY kernel) on a 486 DX2 with 48 >MB RAM. Installation was done on a recent amd64 machine to a 2 GB IDE >disk which was put into the 486 then (yes, its BIOS can fully recognize >the CHS geometry, but can this be the problem?). I can also see no IRQ >conflicts etc., it is just a basic machine right now. > >Unfortunately it hangs when accessing the filesystem: > >[...] >root on wd0a dumps on wd0b >root file system type: ffs >[hang] > >I can at least scroll the kernel output with shift + arrow keys, but >nothing else happens. >How to proceed now? Maybe try NetBSD-6 to get an idea of the problem?
Can you get into ddb with <ctrl><alt><esc>? christos
