If I remember correctly, there is actually no ofwboot.elf/ofwboot.xcf file
for the 1.4.2 version.  I decided to use netbsd-current as a result of
that, which apparently does have the necessary files.  I also read
somewhere that booting a netbsd kernel that is gzip'd shouldn't be a
problem.

From what I understand, the ofwboot* files just get the netbsd kernel file
loaded.  As to which netbsd kernel file it loads, it was said by Henry
Hotz that:

'setenv boot-device cd:' and 'setenv boot-file netbsd.ram'

will load netbsd.ram after the ofwboot.elf file is loaded.  I'm still a
little unclear about what ofwboot.xcf does...  any idea?

mohan

On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, John Klos wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> First, thanks for all of the replies. I can see that there are lots of
> people who care about seeing this stuff work.
> 
> Now I need to ask a specific question: is there a kernel out there with a
> miniroot filesystem for install? If so, where can I d/l it from?
> 
> Simple issue: there is no d/l install kernel for 1.4.2 except for what is
> on the boot.fs floppy. There should be. Then we can figure out the
> simplest way to use open firmware and / or ofwboot to boot.
> 
> Thanks much,
> John Klos
> 
>