On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 08:19 PM, Matthieu Lalonde wrote:

> I'm trying to boot of the 1.6 release iso from an internal scsi drive.
> SCSI ID 2
> I was able to go into the OpenFirmware with BootVar. but I can't boot=20=

> of the cd.
> >dev scsi-int/sd@2
> >show-children show-children , unknown word
> ok
>
> >dir scsi-int/sd@2 can't OPEN the DIR device
> ok
>
> So I tried booting of a floppy with the kernel of 1.6 and the boot=20
> loader of 1.5.3 (i heard 1.6 didn't work well=BF)
> >dev fd:,\ ok
> >dir fd:,\ -
> NETBSD     .   008 0 0
> OFWBOOT .   XCF  020 AB0 D830
> BNETBSD  .   GZ 020 2 155AC3   ok
>
> >boot fd:,\ OFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.GZ DEFAULR CATCH, code=3DFFF00300 at=20
> %SRR0: FF80C8AC %RR1: 00009070
> ok
>
> I really have no idea what is wrong
> BootVar is set as auto-boot off boot on appl/rom input KBD=20
> /bandit/(...) for the video
> load-base 600000
> real-base F00000
>
> Machine Specs:
> PowerMac 6500 / 250Mhz
> 64Mb RAM
> 6Gb HD (IDE)
> SCSI-INT:
> ID 0 CD-ROM
> ID 2 CD-R
> SCSI-EXT:
> ID 5 ZIP
>

Long ago (seems like) I had a 6500 with a similar problem, and believe=20=

it or not, detaching the internal zip from the scsi bus allowed the=20
thing to boot.

This is just voodoo, but it might work for you.

./muk

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