Hi,

I am trying to install NetBSD on a OldWorld PPC (8500).  It is running Open 
Firmware version 1.0.5 + the patches.  When I try to boot to the prompt, I 
get the classic blank screen.  Before I give up and go to the serial port, I 
wanted to ask a couple of very uninformed questions.

1.  My box has a third party ATI graphics card in it.  Would the output device 
still be /chaso/control?  

2.  Other unix'ish installs (Gentoo Linux, YDL, etc) use BootX or quik.  Has 
anyone done anything similar with NetBSD?  Seems like a simple bootloader 
that lives on a bootable HFS partition would go a long way in simplifying 
what appears to be a very complex problem (Maybe I just nominated myself to 
do some coding).  This bootloader could know how to mount filesystems 
commonly found in OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux, and MacOX n.  It could 
then load any of the OSes.

Thanks for the thoughts and input.
Take Care,
Craig