So are you trying to create a bootloader, like LILO or yaboot, that 
automatically boots NetBSD after X seconds, but before that you can 
press keys to boot other OSs?

There is a forth script for open firmware based on yaboot that I have 
used before (that does what I described). I can send it to you, if that 
is what you are looking for.

-- Erik

On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 06:16  AM, Matthias Kretschmer wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Running netbsd/macppc on iBook I would like to autoboot it,
> browsing/searching throug the archives I read just something about 
> people
> who were unable to do it. Here the screen is just grey and nothing more
> happens, I thought because yaboot is able to use the openfirmware 
> console
> for output, maybe one could boot using yaboot, anybody ever tried? Or 
> is
> there another solution around?
>
>
> -- 
> Gruss
> Matthias Kretschmer
>
>