On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> Just FYI, older (pre-2.0) bootloader (bootxx + ofwboot) can't load
> lager kernels than ~5MB.
> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot/Makefile#rev1.42

Ahh, that would be it -- I'm running the bootloader from whichever the 
last release was that the install image fit on a single floppy disk. I was 
unable to upgrade the bootstrap using the older installboot/kernel 
combination, and the newer installboot binary failed on the older kernel.

Thanks for the info!

Cheers,
Jared