Subject: Re: OpenFirmware 3 Boot Problem
To: Daniel Eggert <danieleggert@mac.com>
From: Marco <toad@arsystel.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/23/2005 18:56:48
Hi...
You can try:
boot hd:0,ofwboot.xcf hd:2,/netbsd
(If kernel is "/netbsd").
Cheers,
Toad.
On Feb 23, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Daniel Eggert wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just installed NetBSD 2.0 onto my Mac mini, but I can't get OF to boot
> it.
>
> Partitions on the disk are
> 1 HFS+
> 2 UFS, /
> 3 swap
> 4 UFS, /usr
>
> I put ofwboot.xcf onto the first (HFS+) partition.
>
> I try to boot with
>> boot hd:1,\ofwboot.xcf
> but not matter what partition number i use (1-12), all I get is
> MAC-PARTS: specified partition is not valid can't OPEN
> hd:1,\ofwboot.xcf
>
> What's all that about?
>
> /Daniel
>