> 
> since the powerbook G4 (titanium ) needs a -current kernel to boot (
> yep, i've got the new boot rom ), i've been trying to install the
> 20011111-15Y snapshot.  
> 

I also tried basically the same thing, to similar results.
I've been hoping to see a .iso image floating around with
-current on it, but not so far...

> . First, going from http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/bootcd.html i've
> made a (theoretically) bootable cd.  The version of mkisofs i'm using
> says it's merged with mkisofs, so i had to change the command line a
> little bit.  I made the image with  
> 	mkhybrid -o output.iso -hfs -l -J -r -L /cdsources
> and i've got a top level directory that looks like this:
> rob@smaug:~/tmp/mnt$ ls -l
> total 3997
> dr-xr-xr-x    4 root     root         2048 Nov 17 20:34 macppc
> -r-xr-xr-x    1 root     root      3975775 Nov 11 02:48 netbsd.macppc
> -r--r--r--    1 root     root        58284 Nov 17 20:35 ofwboot.elf
> -r--r--r--    1 root     root        55444 Nov 17 20:35 ofwboot.xcf
> 
> . getting into openfirmware is easy, but either the cd is not bootable, or
>   i'm missing something:
> 
> dir cd:0,\ doesn't work, though it sounds like it's trying.  I get
> "method <dir> not found; ihandle=ffbc5f00 phandle=ff8d4e68 DIR method
> failed" , though i can "dir hd:9,\" and get a listing.  "dir cd:1,\" and
> "dir cd:2,\"  hang OF
> 

I don't know about the dir stuff, but i seem to recall 
that sometimes on the cd you need capitalized file names.
I don't know when though. Since I never got netbsd to boot
on my powerbook g4, I have no experience (but want some).

> so i can't get a listing... not the end of the world, right? :>
> 
> "boot cd:0,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc" tells me "DISK-LABEL: LOAD
> (noninterposed) not supportedload-size=0 adler32=1" and "LOAD-SIZE is
> too small"
> 
> "boot cd:0,ofwboot.elf netbsd.macppc" says the same thing
> 
> When i try a 1.5.2 cd, i see the same errors.  Wonder what i'm doing
> wrong...
> 
> 
> 
> The NetBSD documentation has been really good, and it's possible i
> missed the document describing how to put netbsd on the powerbook G4.
> I'd greatly apreciate if anyone could share a good place for more
> information, or if someone who has installed netbsd sucessfully on the
> powerbook g4 could teach me a trick or two.  
> 
> Thanks
> ==rob
> 
> -- 
> Rob Latham: Allentown, PA USA
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> 
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