Daydream ROM box kit

[freon]

here you go -> https://mega.nz/file/Q5J2ya7A#0qH_QZ29kYfLo7tk_aNMCigbqDwsl46wWAnnNZZV_Zo

Looks like it's been added to the aforementioned file directory as well. The patcher is several months newer than the pre-patched kernel (Feb 2016 vs Aug 2015) and I was able to patch an original 2.11 kernel (resulting md5sum was 5d431b0a3cb7aeb90050aa787ae93022) for my color slab complete with 68040 support. Thanks!

NOTE: for this version the workaround described at http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?msg=22495 must be used.

[MindWalker]

Trying to understand everything in the 16-page-discussion...

If I am getting it right: the kernel in darkmatter.zip from /NeXTfiles/Docs/Hardware/Daydream is apparently:
MD5 (Patched 2.11 2015-08-01/daydream) = cfccff69cd93a51962b43c1bccf4e996
(according to: https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=1722.msg23052#msg23052)

As it appears that we are already sharing the patched kernel file on the site, could somebody add the newest patched version and/or the original kernel there too?

(Btw; getting JRE installed on macOS isn't too easy: Oracle wants you to login to download so one needs to get the installer elsewhere to avoid that...)

[MindWalker]

Ok, had time to test this more. Needed to use the workaround for the patcher (and get the right 2.1 kernel from the floppies) but now I am starting to get it (I'll try to writing some instructions).

This is neat! At least in Previous the Mac side feels pretty fast, too.

I have some small issues that prevented me getting futher into Mac-side install:

- Mac-side: rebooting with alt pressed should reboot to NeXTStep but I couldn't get this to work (could be a keymap issue)
- Mac floppies do not appear at all in Mac-side (works on NeXT side but not in the boot screen or desktop on Mac side)
- To avoid the floppy issue I used a premade image RaSCSI-Boot-7.0.1.hda (attached as a SCSI hard drive) and it works. 7.5.3 would start booting but halt halfway (didn't test booting without extensions). I created a new 120MB disk file with the Daydream's utility and copied the System folder from the RaSCSI's image into that.

This was all in Previous 2.7. If I can get 7.1 and some software into my Daydream disk file, I'll try and get it over to my mono-slab to see how it performs.



Note a typo in the prompt