Subject: Re: OpenFirmware 3 Boot Problem
To: Daniel Eggert <danieleggert@mac.com>
From: Marco <toad@arsystel.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/23/2005 18:56:48
Hi...

You can try:

boot hd:0,ofwboot.xcf hd:2,/netbsd

(If kernel is "/netbsd").

Cheers,
Toad.


On Feb 23, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Daniel Eggert wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just installed NetBSD 2.0 onto my Mac mini, but I can't get OF to boot 
> it.
>
> Partitions on the disk are
>   1  HFS+
>   2  UFS, /
>   3  swap
>   4  UFS, /usr
>
> I put ofwboot.xcf onto the first (HFS+) partition.
>
> I try to boot with
>> boot hd:1,\ofwboot.xcf
> but not matter what partition number i use (1-12), all I get is
>   MAC-PARTS: specified partition is not valid can't OPEN 
> hd:1,\ofwboot.xcf
>
> What's all that about?
>
> /Daniel
>