Subject: Re: Beige G3 / 1.6.1 GENERIC_MD kernel does not boot
To: Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com>
From: Simon Vallet <netbsd_user@castalie.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/09/2003 09:09:13
On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:05:02 -0800
Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com> wrote:
> > netbsd.gz
> > ,\netbsd.gz
> > ide0/disk@0:5,/netbsd.gz
> > netbsd
> > ,\netbsd
> > ide0/disk@0:5,/netbsd
> > ...
> > (and the upper case versions as well)
>
> The ofwboot bootloader (i.e. boot-file) uses forward slash (/) to
> denote directories. Only Open Firmware (i.e. the boot-device) uses
> backwards shash (\) for directories.
Did try that already... leaving 'boot-file' empty tries the following:
/netbsd
/netbsd.gz
/netbsd.macppc
it didn't seem to change anything...
I'll try with other kernels, and if that doesn't work, I guess I'll have
to try netbooting.
Thanks for the info anyway,
Simon
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Simon Vallet
netbsd_user@castalie.org