Subject: Booting G4 (new series)
To: 'port-macppc@netbsd.org' <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Kretschmer, Heiko; 3276 <kretschh@vab.burda.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/04/2000 00:46:54
Hi Michael,
I just read your install.html. For the new OFW 3 machines there seems to be
no other way then booting from cd (or at least load the bootloader from cd)
, then entering the root and dump-devices and the filesystem type by hand
(ignoring that every keystroke brings the line "ohci_intr: ignored interrupt
while polling" up :) ).
So there I am:
1. Booted from CD, installed NetBSD on a IDE-Disk, containing root, usr,
swap (no ISO oder HFS Partitions)
boot cd:ofwboot.elf -a
boot.fs
install the system.
2. Boot from cd to boot the newly installed system.
boot cd:netbsd
(enter wd0a (or any other root partition)
wd0b (backup partition)
ffs (for filesystem type))
3. There you are.
Since NetBSD does not support Partition 0 Booting, and ofwboot.elf cannot
read kernels from msdos or hfs(+), this method is the only possible.
Not very comfy, but it works!!
Heiko