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

and got the same error result.
the hd has only one partition with the entire netbsd fs on it. coult
it be a problem?
i've also booted from the cd and mounted /dev/wd0a to check that both
files ofwboot.xcf and netbsd are under /

any idea?

On 8/26/05, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/05, Dor Shemer <dorshemer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > the following open firmware commands :
> > boot hd:0
> > boot hd:0,ofwboot
> > boot hd:0,ofwboot.xcf
> >
> > all result in the error message:
> > DISK-LABEL: LOAD (noninterposed) not supportedload-size=3D0 adler32=3D1
> > LOAD-SIZE is too small
> >
> > load-base is set to 0x800000 and real-base is -1
> >
> > i've tried everything i found on the FAQ
> > (http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#boot-support) and nothing
> > helped.
>=20
> Try something like:
>=20
> boot hd:0,ofwboot.xcf hd:1/netbsd
>=20
> (note the missing comma before /netbsd).  Replace hd:1 with
> your correct NetBSD root partition.
>=20
> --
> Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
> http://www.livejournal.com/users/jmmv/
> The NetBSD Project - http://www.NetBSD.org/
>