At 12:04 AM -0700 4/3/01, William R. Dickson wrote:

:) >> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.2
:) >> (matt@duel.local, Thu Nov 16 17:26:57 PST 2000)
:)no active package2901124+237436 [100+105392|
:)
:)The spinning cursor halts in the vertical position at that point.  Any
:)ideas?  Have I screwed up the OF settings, or does the 6500 not like the
:)kernel?

From the (new) FAQ section entitled "Help, I can't boot NetBSD!":
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#boot-trouble
If it hangs here, then you need to set the real-base of your Open Firmware
1.0.5 or 2.0.x machine.

  -- MW