>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Wolfson <mw@blobulent.com> writes:

    Michael> Well, it didn't work.

    Michael> I did the update to the 4.1.8 BootROM, and my PowerBook
    Michael> (FireWire) no longer boots NetBSD 1.5.1 (final,
    Michael> non-BETA). You guys gotta help me, since I can't easily
    Michael> work on the documentation without this machine.

    Michael> Symptoms:

    Michael> ofwboot.xcf loads fine, clears screen, and the big wscons
    Michael> font prints: Console keyboard type: ADB [ preserving
    Michael> 197092 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table ]

    Michael> Then it hangs.

    Michael> The exact same hardware booted the exact same kernel 15
    Michael> minutes ago.

    Michael> What can I do?

Sigh! These are exactly the same symptoms I had with my tibook after
this OF upgrade! The only solution for me was to let down grade the OF
by apple service back to the version it was shipped with...

Markus.