Re: G4 eMac won't netboot

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Dec 5, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> > What exactly does it (not) do?
> > Since you let OF load the kernel directly there is probably a size  
> > limit
> > somewhere, which may well be specific to the OF version. My G4 for  
> > example
> > won't netboot anything bigger than ~4MB - it will load the file and  
> > then get
> > stuck. If that's what's happening to you I'd try a bare bones, as  
> > small as
> > possible kernel next. Don't even think about booting GENERIC or  
> > INSTALL that
> > way.
>
> Oh, sorry, I didn't give you the command.
>
> I'm doing this:
>
> boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf
>
> This boots the ofwboot.xcf bootloader from tftp just fine (it seems).
>
> The next messages on the screen look like a NetBSD bootloader, but it
> never goes past that. I've also tried doing this, and it also doesn't
> work:
>
> boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd
>
> I get the same error. I can type it out if you need I suppose.

Well, in that case do try to load the kernel directly via tftp,  
without ofwboot.xcf.

have fun
Michael
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