Subject: Re: can't boot on iMac G3
To: Dor Shemer <dorshemer@gmail.com>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/26/2005 14:10:30
On 8/26/05, Dor Shemer <dorshemer@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
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> I've installed netbsd 2.0.2 on an iMac G3. the installation itself
> seemd to work fine, however i can't boot it from the hd.
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> the following open firmware commands :
> boot hd:0
> boot hd:0,ofwboot
> boot hd:0,ofwboot.xcf
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> all result in the error message:
> DISK-LABEL: LOAD (noninterposed) not supportedload-size=3D0 adler32=3D1
> LOAD-SIZE is too small
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> load-base is set to 0x800000 and real-base is -1
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> i've tried everything i found on the FAQ
> (http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#boot-support) and nothing
> helped.

Try something like:

boot hd:0,ofwboot.xcf hd:1/netbsd

(note the missing comma before /netbsd).  Replace hd:1 with
your correct NetBSD root partition.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
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