Subject: Re: Open Firmware 1.0.5 error not in FAQ
To: Charlie Allom <charlie@rubberduck.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/13/2002 22:38:13
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Charlie Allom wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:23:28PM +0000, Jon Whitlock wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> >
> > 0 > boot fd:,\OFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.GZ loading XCOFF
> > tsize=CBC0 dsize=14A8 bsize=2670 entry=640000
> > SECTIONS:
> > .text    00640000 00640000 0000CBC0 000000E0
> > .data    0064D000 0064D000 000014A8 0000CCA0
> > .bss     0064E4A8 0064E4A8 00002670 00000000
> > loading .text, done..
> > loading .data, done..
> > clearing .bss, done..
> >
> > >> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.6
> > >> (autobuild@tgm.daemon.org, Sun Sep  8 21:53:46 UTC 2002)
> > no active package3720996+128848=0x3ac088
> >  start=0x800000
> >
> >
>
> try 'boot fd:0' again
>
> You don't need all that extra stuff on  the end IIRC.

No, he needs it if I understand what he's doing. He's not booting off of a
pre-built boot floppy, he's booting off of a file system that OF knows
about. So fd:0 isn't going to work. :-(

Take care,

Bill