Subject: Re: Installing 1.5 on mac G4 AGP getting me nuts !
To: Matthew Browne <matthewb@mac.com>
From: Michael Wolfson <mw@blobulent.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/16/2001 08:37:53
At 7:24 PM +1200 5/16/01, Matthew Browne wrote:

:)boot hd:,\netbsd.ram
:)
:)and for the regular kernel...
:)
:)boot hd:,\netbsd.generic

Try:
boot hd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.ram.gz

This works *must* more reliably than trying to boot the kernel directly.

:)I've tried booting from a hybrid CDROM but with that it fails with
:)a can't open device error and printing the device...
:)
:)/pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/@0:6,\\:tbxi

You're not specifying the right path to CD-ROM then, since if it tries for
a \\:tbxi file, then it's trying to boot MacOS.  Try:
boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.ram.gz

:)>If it's not supported, could you provide more details, such as type in what
:)>appears on screen so maybe we could try to get it working?
:)
:)I'll go do that. I'll post it soon.

OK.

:)>:)I'll try the 1.5.2 kernels too.
:)>
:)>There's no 1.5.2 yet -- 1.5.1 is the version we're about to release.
:)
:)Yeah, I meant the new beta 2 snapshot of 1.5.1.

Ah.  OK.

Good luck,
  -- MW