Subject: Re: Booting NetBSD off a CD (using OFW)
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/10/2000 17:51:15
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 01:41:50PM -0500, Dan Winship wrote:
> > boot cd:1,ofwboot.elf
> > 
> > (The "1" is just a guess... try other small non-negative integers if
> > it doesn't work.)
> 
> I can't swear to it, but I think the magic incantation for my Rev A
> iMac was "cd:,ofwboot.elf"!  I know it had a comma in there somewhere
> it really didn't seem to belong...

Actually that's right where it belongs accordind to the CHRP bindings for
OF. They speak of device:partition,filename . :-)

Take care,

Bill