Hi Chris, et. al,

devalias --> /pci@f2000000/@d/mac-io@7/ata-3@20000/disk@0

dev / ls (not sure of the command or key sequence to slow down the scroll 
rate, however, as it relates to the above)

...
ff909820:    /pci@f2000000
...
ff91bbd0:    /ata-3@2000
...
ff90cc40:    /mac-io@7

Thanks,
Eric

>From: Chris Tribo <ctribo@dtcc.edu>
>To: Eric Johnson <ejohnsonrainbow@hotmail.com>
>CC: port-macppc@NetBSD.org
>Subject: RE: netbsd 2.0 booting problem on PowerMacG4
>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 03:59:41 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>What does dev / ls and devalias say?
>
>On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Eric Johnson wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > First, thank you in advance for any help and guidance that can be 
>provided.
> >
> > A few things to note:
> > 1) Open Firmware 3
> > 2) IDE hard drive
> >
> > I've read the supported hardware models and am fine there according the
> > list.
> >
> > The hard drive is empty and I think that might be my problem after 
>combing
> > thru netbsd FAQ pages and the mailing list archives as I believe and am
> > looking for confirmation that I cannot boot NetBSD from a CD-R with Open
> > Firmware 3 because the CD-R is a slave device and not a master.
> >
> > The problem I get is: cannot OPEN cd device
> >
> > What I did was burned the supported image to CD-R, which does show up as 
>ISO
> > 9660. The bootloader, ofwboot.xcf, is on the CD-R in macppc\installaton 
>with
> > the kernel in macppc/binary/kernel
> >
> > I've tried booting the kernel with:
> > boot cd:,macppc/installation/ofwboot.xcf
> > macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz
> >
> > This is where I get the cannot find device error.
> >
> > If I re-alias cd from its long name to say a workable devalias cd
> > cd/disk@0:1, and then run a dir command, it also cannot find the device.
> >
> > Do I need to comb through partitioning and either get OS 9 or OS X 
>installed
> > first and then make a HFS+ partition?
> >
> > Sorry if I am rambling, I am writing this from home trying to recall 
>most of
> > what I was trying to do today at work.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > !DSPAM:434ca74e71411429953407!
> >
>
>--
>The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a
>dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first.
>						-- Arno Schaefer