In <200003090041.TAA06029@pembleton.advantageit.com>
sweda@advantageit.com wrote:

> >BTW, some buggy OpenFirmware cannot get "bootpath" correctly
> >and requires "bootdev" to boot kernel.

> Thanks.  This, along with the the printenv dump that John
> pointed me toward helped me figure out the problem is what
> you are describing.  I couldn't find "bootdev" documented
> anywhere (I'm using boot-device, which the kernel seems to be
> happy with).

Oops, sorry. "bootdev" is the internal variable in
/usr/mdec/ofwboot. "boot-device" is the right name.

Some OF (including my Apus2000) does not set bootpath,
so ofwboot use "boot-device" if "bootpath" == NULL.
(See /sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot/boot.c)
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp