Re: port-macppc/53549 ppc601 machines need their own INSTALL kernel

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From: scole_mail <scole_mail%gmx.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: port-macppc/53549 ppc601 machines need their own INSTALL kernel
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:36:39 -0700

 Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> writes:
 >  
 >  Can we avoid the new ISOs?
 >  The name of the kernel to load is passed to the bootloader, isn't it?
 >  
 >  So even if the CD would not boot by default, it could be made to manually
 >  boot by dropping to OF and doing some settings?
 >  
 >  Or maybe the bootloader can figure it out and do some name magic, maybe
 >  restricted to the loader in the HFS part?
 >  
 
 If we don't want separate images, I guess it would be easiest just to
 add the 601 install kernel to the existing iso cd and floppy images, and
 document the names in the INSTALL doc.
 
 Then the burden would be on the user to type in the correct kernel name
 for the 601 at the openfirmware prompt.  If someone is already motivated
 enough to attempt an install on a 601, then I guess it shouldn't be that
 big of a deal.
 
 By the way, was there some magic done to the iso images in
  http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/images/
 to get them to boot in qemu?
 
 My home-built iso images don't boot with qemu and I'm vaguely recalling
 this issue just came up on one of the mailing lists recently.
 
 Thanks