I pasted below this paragraph, some output from my 1.5.1 install
attempts. (On the bright side since I'm doing this using the serial
port I can record evertying ). I'm curious why typing 'boot cd' would
reset my real-base. That is what causes the error when I tried to boot
for real.

To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>or using NetBSD!
 ok
0 > boot cd
RESETing to change Configuration!

Open Firmware, 2.0.3
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>
 ok
0 > boot ata/ata-disk@0:0
>> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.2
>> (matt@duel.local, Mon Jun 18 08:12:39 PDT 2001)
2931340+237444 [100+106480|

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