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Hello,

On Sep 6, 2006, at 04:43, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:

> On Sep 6, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Michael Lorenz wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2006, at 23:22, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
>>
>>> This is driving me crazy! I got NetBSD/macppc 3.0.1 installed using 
>>> the boot floppies and the CD on my PowerBook 2400. After the 
>>> installation completed, I rebooted and now I am trying to figure out 
>>> what the correct Open Firmware boot-file syntax is. I figured out 
>>> that the correct boot-device is:
>>>
>>> /bandit/ohare/ata/ata-disk@0:0
>>
>> That looks wrong - what kind of error message do you get?
>
> It looks wrong but it is correct. Using the devalias is easier. I 
> figured out the devalias command just after I posted this. I remember 
> figuring all this out three years ago or so but I didn't keep good 
> notes. I could kick myself for that.
>
> The correct boot-device string for the PowerBook 2400 is:
>
> ata-int/ata-disk@0:0
>
> That boots into the partition zero bootloader. It starts loading stage 
> two but it cannot find the kernel. It says it is trying to load 
> /NETBSD but the error message says device not configured. Maybe this 
> is a problem with NetBSD 3.0.1. I was thinking about trying -current 
> tomorrow or possibly attempting to go back to 2.1 or even 1.6.

hmm, loading /NETBSD is wrong - should be just netbsd.

Ok, try this:
setenv boot-device ata-int/ata-disk@0:0
setenv boot-file netbsd
reset-all

and then just
boot

when the boot loader asks for a kernel name then something went wrong - 
it should try 'netbsd' first. Better check if the kernel is there at 
all.

have fun
Michael
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