On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, B. Taylor wrote:

> NetBSD Folks,
> 
> I have to admit first off that I am kind of new to the mac world and also
> new to the NetBSD world so any lameness by me I apologize for up front.
> 
> I have been trying to install NetBSD on my Blue and Whie G3 Yosemite for the
> past couple of days and can not even get the cd to boot. I have downloaded
> the 1.4.2 ISO off of your site on a pc and tried booting from cd.
> 
> I get into the open firmware v3.1.1 and type
> >boot cd:,ofwboot.elf
> 
> this is what it spits back at me one it checks the cdrom:
> 
> load-size=1000 adlr32=16783c74
> unrecognized Client Program format
> 
> I am not sure what I am doing wrong or if I need to set something up on the
> open firmware side or what. I checked the cd in my laptop and did a cd boot
> and the installer came up just fine so I don't think the cd is bad.
> 
> -Brian Lee Taylor

I get this very same error when attempting to boot a new PowerBook
G3/400Mhz laptop.  Actually, "boot hd:,ofwboot.elf" and
"boot hd:,ofwboot.xcf" both work fine, but "boot hd:,boot.fs" does not.

What should I type at the Boot: prompt of ofwboot.elf?

-- 
Tyler Mitchell