Try this:

setenv boot-device cd:,\ofwboot.xcf
setenv boot-file \macppc\installation\netbsd.ram.gz
boot


On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 12:32 PM, Neil Ludban wrote:

> Attempting to boot a Bondi Blue iMac from the official
> 1.5.2 ISO; it doesn't see the kernel...  The CD was
> burned on a FreeBSD/i386 machine, which has no problems
> reading it.  MacOS (8.1), however, wants to initialize
> the CD.  Is this normal, or indicative of a bad CD or
> flaky drive in the iMac?
>
> 	-Neil
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Apple iMac Open Firmware 3.0.f8 built on 08/06/98 at 12:04:16
> Copyright 1994-1998 Apple Computer, Inc.
> All Rights Reserved.
>  ok
> 0 > dir cd:,\
>   60542 11/29/ 0 12: 1:47  CHANGES
>  193880  7/ 6/ 1 20:19:44  CHANGES-1.5.1
>    9432  9/ 9/ 1 20:37:28  CHANGES-1.5.2
>  254707 11/29/ 0 12: 2: 0  CHANGES.prev
>    8102  9/21/ 1  0:42:57  Desktop%20DB
>       0  9/21/ 1  0:42:57  Desktop%20DF
>     818  9/ 9/ 1 19:10:40  LAST_MINUTE
>          1/ 1/ 4  0: 0: 0  macppc
>   13050  9/ 9/ 1 19:10:41  MIRRORS
>   55200  8/18/ 1 17:47:41  ofwboot.xcf
>    1489  9/ 9/ 1 20:42:46  README.files ok
> 0 > dir cd:,\netbsd.macppc  can't OPEN the DIR device
>  ok
> 0 > boot cd:,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
> 	load-size=d7a0 adler32=36ee944c
>
> loading XCOFF
>
> tsize=c1c0 dsize=1500 bsize=1608 entry=600000
> SECTIONS:
> .text	...
> .data	...
> .bss	...
> loading .text, done..
> loading .data, done..
> clearing .bss, done..
>
>>> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.2
>>> (matt@duel.local, Sat Aug 18 13:46:09 PDT 2001)
> open netbsd.macppc: No such file or directory
> open /pci/mac-io/ide@21000/disk@0/netbsd.macppc: No such
> 	file or directory
> Boot:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> % ls -l /cdrom/
> total 1909
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    60542 Nov 29  2000 CHANGES
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   193880 Jul  6  2001 CHANGES-1.5.1
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     9432 Sep  9 16:37 CHANGES-1.5.2
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   254707 Nov 29  2000 CHANGES.prev
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel      818 Sep  9 15:10 LAST_MINUTE
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    13050 Sep  9 15:10 MIRRORS
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel     1489 Sep  9 16:42 README.files
> dr-xr-xr-x  4 root  wheel     2048 Sep  9 10:47 macppc/
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  1365828 Aug 18  2001 netbsd.macppc
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    55200 Aug 18  2001 ofwboot.xcf
>