On my powerbook 3400c, a cursor that spins right after
printing out the kernel text size and then locks up is a
symptom of my not having set the OFW variables
"load-base" and "real-base" correctly. I don't know
if this applies to the PM 8600.

-----Original Message-----
From: mlanza [mailto:m@crito.net]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:34 PM
To: port-macppc@netbsd.org
Subject: Open Boot 1.0.5 booting problem post-install


After successfully installing BSD, I am unable to boot to the OS.  Open 
Firmware begins to boot the partition, gets to starting "stage 2" and 
the cursor starts spinning but only for a few seconds before it hangs. 
I have 2 drives in the MAC and tried the install on both and am getting 
the same problem with whichever I try to boot.


The system is Power Mac 8600.  I've scoured the FAQ, and other notes and 
attempted the the various Open Firmware 1.0.5 fixes for drives that 
don't spin up fast enough (thinking that might have been the issue) but 
none of the boot-command aliases fixed the problem.

Any suggestions?  I appreciate any help.

Thanks!!