On Sun, Oct 08 2000 at 11:35:27 -0500, jhergan wrote:
> Thilo Manske
> 
> >On Sun, Oct 08 2000 at 10:44:43 -0500, jhergan wrote:
> >> I set the OF on my Performa 6360 with OF 2.0 using BootVariables (because 
> >> Sytem Disk doesn't work on the Performa).  The variables I set are:
> >> input-device kbd
> >> output-device screen
> >> boot-device fd:0
> >> use-nvramrc true (but I don't know if this is right)
> >> auto-boot false
> >> boot-file ofwboot.xcf
> >I wonder where do you get that from...
> 
> Well, that's a good question.  It was set by default to ttya (as input 
> and output dev).
No, i ment "boot-file ofwboot.xcf" :-)

It's only used by the OF when it boots a file
a) from a MSDOS or HFS (MAC OS) partition (doesn't work with OF2 AFAIK)
b) from CDROM
c) from net

OF doesn't "understand" NetBSD's FFS, so it boots "the whole disk", i.e.
loads a bootblock wich then loads the second bootstrap code automagically
(wich is usually a file called just "boot" in the root directory of the boot
partition).

I'm not sure right now, maybe that secondary bootstrap uses "boot-file" to
choose wich kernel to load, but I can't check that ATM...

> OK.  Here's what I'll try:
> input and output-device ttya
> boot-device fd:0
> use-nvramrc false (the default)
> auto-boot false (so it boots into OF)
> boot-file ofwboot.xcf
> load-base 6c0000
> 
> Is that right?
I think so.

> >This means, you probably have to use a serial console. [Otherwise I get 
> >that with
> >my Umax Apus 3000 as well (same board, same OF as your Performa 6360)].
> >
> >See http://www.de.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-serial-claim-failed
> >for more information
> 
> Serial console?  So I have to connect my powerbook to my performa and use 
> some app to see the performa's terminal output? 
Or some other computer/terminal...

> >> "bad partition number using 0claim failed"
> >> 
> >> I can hear the floppy drive start to respond, but then I get an error.
> >> I've also had the machine start spinning the floppy and then 
> >> automatically rebooting into OF with the error "claim failed"
> >My drive was very picky about the floppy. It didn't
(Oh, f*ck. I sent the mail before I finished it :-) )

...work with my first floppy disk. I made a second one and then it worked.

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