Re: On-disk kernel hanging after install

[Julio Merino <jmmv%julipedia.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Julio Merino <jmmv%julipedia.org@localhost> 
wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost> 
> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> On Apr 10, 2011, at 3:36 AM, Julio Merino wrote:
>> Damn, I was going to suggest to try ffsv1, I don't know if anyone ever made
>> ffsv2 work with the macppc boot block.
>
> So I should not be bothering with ffsv2?  From a quick look at the
> ofwboot code, it appears like it should be supported.
>
>> Any chance to try a kernel from - say - 2 weeks ago? Or a 5.1 kernel?
>> It's been a few weeks since I messed with macppc kernels, I've been busy in
>> Sun and SGI land lately.
>
> I already tried 5.1 kernels, both install and generic, and they fail
> in the same way.

Alright. I finally got this working with a combination of ofwboot.xcf
from 5.1 and explicitly stating the location of the kernel as
hd:4,/netbsd.  This is using ffsv2 just fine btw.  I need to check if
both details are needed or if only one of them is required to make the
machine work; I'll file a PR later.

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Julio Merino / @jmmv