On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Makoto Fujiwara wrote:

: Derek> I bought a canned 1.5 distribution from Wasabi.  I tried uncompressing
: Derek> macppc\installation\netbsd.ram.gz to the top level of my hard drive and then
: Derek> typing
:
: Derek> boot hd:,netbsd.tmp
:
: I don't know the CDROM from wasabi,

FYI, they work identically to the ones on ftp.netbsd.org, as I built both of
them using the same tools in src/distrib/cdrom.  8-)

: but the regular practice on CDROM image found at
:    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.5.1/macppccd.iso
: is that
: OF 3 or higher
:    boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf    netbsd.macppc

This is correct, and is documented in INSTALL.txt/INSTALL.html, and even the
special BOOTING.txt I prepared for the Wasabi multiplatform CDs.

Moral of the story:  Please read the docs for how to boot....

: I have tried to look at the inside at OF level, it shows

: but I was not able to find the file netbsd.macppc.

This is because it is hidden from the HFS side of the filesystem ... it is
present in the ISO-9660 side, which ofwboot.xcf loads.  8-)

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