>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org> writes:

    Bill> Please try the attached ofwboot.xcf. It's the one from 1.6,
    Bill> but I deleted the cache-flushing code.

I tried it via netbooting (GENERIC kernel uncompressed):

  0 > 0 bootr BOOTP failed
   unable to open: enet:,ofwboot.xcffile: 10.31.2.224,ofwboot.xcf/
  loader: loading XCOFF
  tsize=cba0 dsize=14a8 bsize=2670 entry=640000 
  SECTIONS:
  .text    00640000 00640000 0000cba0 000000e0
  .data    0064d000 0064d000 000014a8 0000cc80
  .bss     0064e4a8 0064e4a8 00002670 00000000
  loading .text, done..
  loading .data, done..
  clearing .bss, done..
  
  >> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.6
  >> (wrstuden@cameron, Tue Sep 17 17:09:21 PDT 2002)
  Boot: netbsd
  no active packagefile: 10.31.2.224,ofwboot.xcfnet_open: client addr: 10.31.2.167
  net_open: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
  net_open: net gateway: 10.31.2.169
  net_open: server addr: 10.31.2.224
  net_open: server path: /usr/export/macwork1/root
  net_open: file name: ofwboot.xcf
  Using IP address: 10.31.2.167
  root addr=10.31.2.224 path=/usr/export/macwork1/root
  3843776+219136 [187824+155770]=0x433f50
   start=0x100000
  [ using 344208 bytes of netbsd ELF symbol table ]

Or (GENERIC_MD compressed):

  0 > 0 bootr file: 10.31.2.224,ofwboot.xcf/
  loader: loading XCOFF
  tsize=cba0 dsize=14a8 bsize=2670 entry=640000 
  SECTIONS:
  .text    00640000 00640000 0000cba0 000000e0
  .data    0064d000 0064d000 000014a8 0000cc80
  .bss     0064e4a8 0064e4a8 00002670 00000000
  loading .text, done..
  loading .data, done..
  clearing .bss, done..
  
  >> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.6
  >> (wrstuden@cameron, Tue Sep 17 17:09:21 PDT 2002)
  Boot: netbsd.gz
  no active packagefile: 10.31.2.224,ofwboot.xcfnet_open: client addr:
  10.31.2.167
  net_open: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
  net_open: net gateway: 10.31.2.169
  net_open: server addr: 10.31.2.224
  net_open: server path: /usr/export/macwork1/root
  net_open: file name: ofwboot.xcf
  Using IP address: 10.31.2.167
  root addr=10.31.2.224 path=/usr/export/macwork1/root
  open netbsd.gz: No such file or directory
  Boot: netbsd.GENERIC_MD.gz
  no active packagefile: 10.31.2.224,ofwboot.xcfnet_open: client addr: 10.31.2.167
  net_open: subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
  net_open: net gateway: 10.31.2.169
  net_open: server addr: 10.31.2.224
  net_open: server path: /usr/export/macwork1/root
  net_open: file name: ofwboot.xcf
  Using IP address: 10.31.2.167
  root addr=10.31.2.224 path=/usr/export/macwork1/root
  5943956+219188=0x5e0cdc
   start=0x800000
  [ netbsd ELF symbol table not valid ]
  [ no symbol table formats found ]


Great, so far! The kernel got stuck at this point (maybe too large?)

Feels like the problem other macs have after loading the kernel...
I'll try the other serial line (ttyb) as console later...

Markus.