Subject: Re: Installing NetBSD on iBook (600MHz)
To: Rob Latham <rob@terizla.org>
From: Mark White <mjw@celos.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/11/2002 09:50:16
Rob Latham writes:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 01:46:46PM +0000, Mark White wrote:
> >    [tried] boot ultra0:5,ofwboot.xcf ultra0:5,boot.fs
> >    How do I make it load the install image?
> 
> Makoto Fujiwara had some advice for me ( installing on a g4
> powerbook):
> "By the way, do you have HFS/HFS+ partition now ?  If so,
> just put netbsd.GENERIC_MD.gz and ofwboot.xcf onto
> Macintosh HD and boot hd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.GENERIC_MD.gz"

Aha!  I'd tried netbsd.INSTALL.gz (without any expectation
it'd get past root mount, which it didn't) but hadn't tried
GENERIC_MD.  That works fine.

Thanks
Mark <><