On Friday, Sep 06, 2002, at 10:27PM, Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org> wrote:

>1st, you are using OF 2 or 1, yes? DON'T set load-base on OF 3 systems, as
>on some of them doing so wipes the flash.

I am using OF 1.

>Perhaps this would be better:
>
>      The NetBSD 1.5.3 and later versions of ofwboot.xcf have been set to
>use 640000. Due to a perculiarity of Apple's Open FIrmware, load-base must
>be an address different from the address ofwboot.xcf is set to use.

I see. Suddenly it makes sense.

>Therefore, you should use a load-base of 600000. This value is also the
>correct one for booting MacOS X.

Thanks,
Daniel