>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Lee <donlee_ppc1@icompute.com> writes:

    Donald> I have been assured that it can be done, and believe that
    Donald> it is a question of setting the OF variables
    Donald> "boot-command" and "boot-file" (I think I have the names
    Donald> right...) correctly. If you read the old threads
    Donald> carefully, it sounds like just typing in the commands for
    Donald> booting in OF is not enough, you have to set the vars, and
    Donald> then just type boot.

With

  boot-device ide1/@0:,\OFWBOOT.XCF;1
  boot-file   ide1/@0:,NETBSD.;1

and

  0 bootr

(I guess only available after SystemDisks OF-Patches) I came to (but
only once after e reset!) with booting from cdrom (floppy doesn't work
at all):

  loader: loading XCOFF
  tsize=cbb0 dsize=14a8 bsize=2670 entry=640000 
  SECTIONS:
  .text    00640000 00640000 0000cbb0 000000e0
  .data    0064d000 0064d000 000014a8 0000cc90
  .bss     0064e4a8 0064e4a8 00002670 00000000
  loading .text, done..
  loading .data, done..
  clearing .bss, done..
  
  DEFAULT CATCH!, code=fff00300 at   %SRR0: 00640018   %SRR1: 00003070 
   ok

I get the same result when setting up netbooting with

 boot-device enet:,\ofwboot.xcf
 boote-file  enet:,netbsd

So, does ofwboot.xcf run successfully, now?

But how and where to specify the kernel ('s path) correctly? ('DEFAULT
CATCH...' means the kernel could not be loaded?)

Markus.