Nope, that won't boot at all...

If I gunzip the netbsd.ram.gz file, and call it 'netbsd' (is this the right
thing to do?), and try to boot from it, I get:


0 > boot hd:netbsd load-size=36af24 adler32=9a3f3221

Loading ELF

CLAIM failed
 ok
0 >

If I try to use ofwboot.elf off the hd, ELF loads, and I get:

open :  No such file or directory
open : /pci@f2000000/@d/mac-io@7/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:0/netbsd: No such file
or directory


now, this seems a little odd, as when I boot into MacOS on that drive, it
comes up on the logo screen as:

    ...snipped... /disk@0:8/ ....snippped


not disk@0:0 as above... does this seem right?


I've also tried using a zip instead of the hd, with exactly the same
results. I've tried not gunzipping the netbsd.ram.gz file and calling it
netbsd.gz as well as leaving it as netbsd.ram with no luck.
 
If I try using ofwboot.xcf I get the same results as well...

I'm about to try burning another cd that has netbsd.ram.gz as the netbsd.gz
file at the cd root to see if that works.


nigel



Matt Thomas wrote:

> At 05:03 PM 11/14/2000 +1100, Nigel Kersten wrote:
>> In case this gives anyone any more clues....
>> 
>> I manage to get further on my G4 if I go...
>> 
>> boot hd:netbsd
>> 
>> from the OF prompt.
>> 
>> I've tried using the netbsd.GENERIC.gz, the kern.tgz and netbsd.ram.gz files
>> from the BETA2 directories (unzipped on OS X and copied back as binary) as
>> the 'netbsd' file, but each time I get asked for the root and dump devices.
>> 
>> If I answer 'cd0a' and 'cd0b' and 'cd9660', I get the same error,
>> 
>> warning: no /dev/console
>> init: not found
> 
> Use netbsd.ram.gs and specify md0 as root.
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