I have gotten round the first problem I was having by setting input-device 
to ttyb (I think ttya would work aswell just not kbd) but now this...

Open Firmware, 2.0
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>
ok
0 > printenv

little-endian?      false               false
real-mode?          false               false
auto-boot?          false               true
diag-switch?        false               false
fcode-debug?        false               false
oem-banner?         false               false
oem-logo?           false               false
use-nvramrc?        false               false
real-base           F00000              -1
real-size           100000              100000
virt-base           -1                  -1
virt-size           100000              100000
load-base           600000              4000
pci-probe-list      -1                  -1
screen-#columns     64                  64
screen-#rows        28                  28
selftest-#megs      0                   0
boot-device         /AAPL,ROM           /AAPL,ROM
boot-file
diag-device                             fd:diags
diag-file
input-device        ttyb                ttya
output-device       ttyb                ttya
oem-banner
oem-logo
nvramrc
boot-command        catch 5000 ms boot  boot
ok
0 > boot fd:0 -
OF_open bootpath=fd
read stage 2 blocks: 0123456. done!
starting stage 2...

>>NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.7
>>(autobuild@mofo, Wed Sep 10 05:13:30 EST 2003)
4049996-
Please remove disk 1, insert disk 2, and press return...
+163764=0x404e64
start=0x800000
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.6Z (INSTALL) #0: Wed Sep 10 05:48:44 EST 2003
        
autobuild@mofo:/build/current/obj.macppc/sys/arch/macppc/compile/INSTALL

total memory = 90112 KB
avail memory = 76748 KB
using 1152 buffers containing 4608 KB of memory
no active packagemainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: 603ev (Revision 2.1), ID 0 (primary)
cpu0: HID0 90c001<DOZE,DPM,ICE,DCE,NOPTI>
cpu0: ohare L2 cache enabled
bandit0 at mainbus0
pci0 at bandit0 bus 0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
pchb0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
pchb0: vendor 0x106b product 0x0001 (rev. 0x03)
ex0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: 3Com 3c905B-TX 10/100 Ethernet (rev. 0x0)
ex0: found in power state D3, attempting to recover.
ex0: changed power state to D0.
ex0: interrupting at irq 25
ex0: MAC address 00:10:4b:d2:13:b6
exphy0 at ex0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
exphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
obio0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: addr 0xf3000000
mesh0 at obio0 offset 0x10000 irq 12: 50MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus0 at mesh0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
zsc0 at obio0 offset 0x13000: irq 15,16
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1 (console)
awacs at obio0 offset 0x14000 not configured
swim3 at obio0 offset 0x15000 not configured
nvram0 at obio0 offset 0x60000
adb0 at obio0 offset 0x16000 irq 18: 2 targets
akbd0 at adb0 addr 2: extended keyboard (ISO layout)
wskbd0 at akbd0 (mux ignored)
adb0 addr 3: relative positioning device (1) not configured
wdc0 at obio0 offset 0x20000 irq property not found; using 13: DMA transfer
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC AC32500H>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 2441 MB, 4960 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4999680 sectors
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
wd0(wdc0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 (using DMA data transfers)
md0: internal 2048 KB image area
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
cd0 at scsibus0 target 3 lun 0: <MATSHITA, CD-ROM CR-8008, 8.0e> cdrom 
removable

boot device: <unknown>
root on md0a dumps on md0b
WARNING: clock lost 17170 days, using FS time -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
root file system type: ffs
erase ^H, werase ^W, kill ^


Hangs here.

Andy.

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