Subject: Re: Need OF Boot String for Beige G3
To: None <dreamaaster@yahoo.com>
From: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/04/2001 10:24:01
L. S.> Can someone send me an Open Firmware boot command for a G3 ("Beige",
L. S.> Open Firmware 2) which has NetBSD 1.5 *already installed* on an internal
L. S.> ATA disk? The HD is the first device because I'm swapping drives for the

I don't have the same machine, so I can not tell you exact string,
but if I were you, first I would look for devalis, find the alias
bus name, probe that bus to find the device, and use that name for
the boot.

Following is the my interaction with StarMax 3000/180, and it boots
with
0 > boot scsi/sd@0:0 

(Note: colon instead of comma)
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Open Firmware, 2.0.2
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>
 ok
0 > devalias 
pci1                /bandit@F2000000
fd                  /bandit/ohare/swim3
kbd                 /bandit/ohare/via-cuda/adb/keyboard
mouse               /bandit/ohare/via-cuda/adb/mouse
screen              /bandit/ATY,264VT
ttya                /bandit/ohare/escc/ch-a
ttyb                /bandit/ohare/escc/ch-b
scsi                /bandit/ohare/mesh
scsi-int            /bandit/ohare/mesh
ata                 /bandit/ohare/ata
ata-int             /bandit/ohare/ata
 ok
0 > dev scsi  ok
0 > ls 
FF8346D0: /sd@0,0
FF8352B8: /st@0,0
 ok
0 > 
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Makoto Fujiwara, Chiba Japan
http://www.ki.nu/software/NetBSD/iBook2/