On "Mon, 27 Aug 2001 20:43:29 -0400", WW <ww@styx.org> wrote:
>On August 27, 2001 06:59 pm, you wrote:
>>
>> I just installed the netbsd 1.5.1 on my Mac 8600/250.
>>
>> i was able to go through the installation process but I can't boot from
>> hard drive after.
>>
>> it's saying that Can't Open scsi/sd@0:0.
>> what should I do? i tried diffrent settings but still not work.
>
>If that is the correct disk, it could be that the firmware is trying to read 
>the boot blocks off of the disk before the disk has spun up. When doing a 
>cold boot do you get this message before you hear the disk spin up 
>completely? There is a bit of forth code floating around somewhere that you 
>can use to cause it to loop and wait for the disk to spin up before actually 
>trying to boot.

You mean this one?
setenv boot-command begin ['] boot catch 1000 ms cr again

> I'm not sure where it is though. Perhaps this is/should be an 
>FAQ?

I found it on a linuxppc page a long time ago.
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