Subject: Re: Booting, next round ;-)
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@rumolt.teuto.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/18/2000 00:07:39
> You probably know this, but you did copy boot.fs with SunTar right? 

No, "dd" on a NetBSD/i386 machine :-)

> Try boot "fd:1,ofwboot.xcf -a" so it gets to the prompt before 
> getting any errors.  Then you can enter netbsd.gz with no leading /. 
> I'm suspicious that OF doesn't clean up properly after errors, and 
> that there may be bugs in the filesystem code that might trace 
> through directory trees.

That's a good think to try tomorrow as first thing when I enter the buero.

Thank's for your advise!


Martin