I've refrained from posting the last few months as I've 
tried to get the system up myself.

Here is the problem I have now:

System: Powerbook Pismo 500mhz - 256 RAM

I partitioned four partitions with drive setup.

1. Mac Extended
2. A/U Root
3. Unix Free 1
4. Unallocated

I am installing netbsd 1.5.2 onto the A/U Root partition 
from a CD which has the gz's of the kernel, all the 
individual games.gz, dev.gz, etc., as well as the 
bootloaders.

I moved through Open Firmware 3 and was able to start 
ofwboot.xcf: 

boot cd:ofwboot.xcf

I'm successful at getting .elf to load as well, but they 
both leave me with the same problem:

boot device: <unknown>
root device: ??

It suggests I enter wd0(a-p) and I've tried them all, 
followed by 2 returns to default the dump and filesystem 
questions. It usually says something like...'cannot mount 
filesystem...'

What do I enter? How can I look at my partitions from open 
firmware or some other software to see my partition scheme.

How was I able to bypass this bootloader (the one with the 
larger font) and have it load the bootloader which outputs 
a smaller font ----> and doesn't ask me the root device 
question???

Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm ready to 
sell my Mac and get a little 386i somethin or another...

Thanks so much!

Hans