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