>I think all those characters are coming out of the xcoff loader, not the
>linuxppc booter.

I understand.
(but the machine I tested boots...  it has 384MB memory, OF-2.0f1)

>But they both die with a DEFAULT CATCH code @ FFF03000 error (the %SRR0
>and %SRR1 numbers differ). Or is that the address of the catcher, not the
>code which caused the problem?

...0300 (I think 0300, not 3000) means DSI trap (failed to translate data
address).  SRR0 is the address.

>Also, I can configure a kernel with any pci device, can't I? I'm thinking
>of getting a 10/100 MB Ethernet card, and I think NetBSD already supports
>it.

Yes, perhaps you can if you make a kernel from the newest sources.  I
tested "ne" and "ep" (3c905).