Subject: Re: ofwboot.xcf for 1.6
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/05/2002 17:29:41
At 12:36 PM -0800 12/5/02, Bill Studenmund wrote:
>On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
>
>>  I may be a bit out of order here since I haven't verified the 
>>problem exists.
>>
>>  I seem to recall that the ofwboot.xcf included in the 1.6 iso image
>>  and in the release ftp site wasn't updated properly.  Someone (Bill?)
>>  posted a link for a real, recompiled 1.6 version of ofwboot which
>>  included support for some TiBook keyboard fixes and, I think,
>>  OSX-flavor "UFS" support due to updated library includes.
>
>I put up a re-compiled version of ofwboot.xcf for 1.6, but it didn't fix
>those problems. It fixed the memory-allocation-corrupts-kernel problem.

Ah!

Well, I just did a quick check and the one in the 1.6 release 
directory doesn't work.  Doesn't even get as far as a keyboard 
problem.  I suspect this is a Jaguar issue.

boot hd:9,ofwboot.xcf -a

prints some flickering stuff in grey-on-grey and then goes to a stop 
icon.  (The crossed circle, center of the screen.)

boot hd:9,\ofwboot.xcf hd:9,\netbsd

boots MacOS X.

>  > Am I dreaming?  If not could someone update me?
>>
>>  I'm hoping to set up a TiBook for dual boot from an OSX "UFS"
>>  partition over the holidays.  This should be substantially easier
>>  than the standard installation instructions, I think.  If I'm not
>>  dreaming what we support in 1.6.
>
>I don't know if support for that is in 1.6.

Well if it isn't I'll try -current if I can.  I know I saw some 
traffic on it.  I see there aren't any post 1.6 snapshots yet.

SIRTF just postponed launch from January to Tax Day (launch pad 
conflict with a GPS satellite), and I got permission to take a 
vacation over Christmas as a result.
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