For anyone else that is having this problem,
on my 9600, the correct syntax is

/bandit@F4000000/IMS,tt128mbA@F

and this works perfectly, even from the system disk.

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Wolfson" <mw@blobulent.com>
To: <bruno.barwise@worldonline.fr>
Cc: <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: 9600/200 woes...


> At 2:52 PM +0200 7/26/01, Bruno Barwise wrote:
>
> :)But there was absolutely no way of getting the ppc to default to the
screen
> :)to output.  Therefore i tried booting to a serial console.  I used Zterm
> :)from a 4400, but it crashed!!!  There was a never ending stream of
"C^c"
> :)until the 4400 crashed..... AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH.  I have no idea what
is
> :)going on.
>
> Not sure about the crash, but you need to type, at the OF prompt:
> dev / ls
> and look for anything that might be your video card.  Remember, with a
> 9600, there is no built-in video, so your video card may be at a strange
> address, or a different vendor than the rest of the 9600 owners.
>
> Once you find something that looks like it, then use that string as your
> output-device.  For example:
> /chaos@hexaddress
>   /control@hexaddress
>
> is how it's printed from my PowerMac 7300.  Thus I use:
> setenv output-device /chaos/control
> or
> setenv output-device /chaos@hexaddress/control@hexaddress
>
> :)Another thing i wanted to know was if I boot using a serial console to
> :)install netBSD, would I then have to use a serial console every time i
want
> :)to use netBSD?  the problem is that the 4400 is used by my sister o type
her
> :)letters and so on, so if i keep it she might not be too pleased..... :-(
>
> No, the console is controlled by Open Firmware, not the kernel.  This
means
> you can (once you know how to use the screen) switch between the two, and
> the kernel would not know the difference.
>
> In any case, none of this should matter to your sister, since the MacOS
ROM
> on your model always uses the screen (it's a lot smarter than Open
> Firmware).
>
> Good luck,
>   -- MW
>
>
>