Guides:MAME - Software - NeXTSTEP - 3.3

Note dump

• Must load device drivers disk first for other peripherals
• When prompted for the cd scsi driver choose ?????

1. just wait at boot:
2. 1 for english
3. 1 to prepare to install
4. Select 3.3_Driver_Disk.img, Return
5. See CDROM Section
6. 1 to continue
7. UI starts

CDROM

in theory it should be possible to install NeXT from an IDE CDROM, but i've been running into issues. The manual says a SCSI CDROM is required but I can see it assign the ATAPI drive to sd0 and then wait for it to become ready, just never does. The SCSI emulation in MAME is currently incomplete

Attached as a SCSI CDROM

1. 1 for 154x SCSI for CDROM ISA
2. Select 3.3_Beta_Drivers.img, 8, Return
3. Select 6 for IDE Device Driver

^-- does not work .... sadness, gets stuck on Registering EISA

Attached as an IDE CDROM (SCSI dev is ignored)

1. 4 for Adapter 2940 (ref: https://hackernoon.com/installing-nextstep-on-vmware-fusion-5c5c3e4442f4)
2. When prompted for HDD, Select 3.3_Beta_Drivers.img, 8, Return
3. press 7, Return
4. Press 2 to select “Primary/Secondary (Dual) EIDE and ATAP Device Controllers”, Return
5. This will find both the HDD and CDROM devices

^--- does not work ..... Fails on

sd0: MAME Virtual CDROM 1.0
sd0: Waiting for drive to become ready
sd0: Dsk Not Ready
....
root on sd0
vfs_mountroot: error=15
panic: (Cpu 0) vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root

References

• http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/next/Installing_and_Configuring_NeXTSTEP_Release_3.3_1994.pdf
• https://hackernoon.com/installing-nextstep-on-vmware-fusion-5c5c3e4442f4
• https://winworldpc.com/product/nextstep/3x
• http://www.kevra.org/TheBestOfNext/ThirdPartyProducts/ThirdPartyHardware/NeXTSTEPonNonNeXTComputers/IntelHardwareForNeXTStep/IntelHardwareForNeXTStep.html
• http://shawcomputing.net/resources/next/software/install/ns_install.html