thanks, that seems to be it.

On 8/26/05, Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/05, Dor Shemer <dorshemer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>=20
> Yes.
>=20
> OpenFirmware does not know how to read FFS file-systems.
> It can only read HFS ones.
>=20
> Therefore, you need a small partition in HFS format to store
> ofwboot.xcf.  The kernel can be placed in FFS parition though.
>=20
> You'll need to reinstall to fix that.  While doing so, leave
> space for the small boot partition, install NetBSD, then boot
> NetBSD (using the ofwboot.xcf from the cdrom)[*], install
> hfsutils from pkgsrc, and use it to format your boot partition
> and copy ofwboot.xcf into it.
>=20
> [*] Something like: 'boot cd:0,ofwboot.xcf hd:0/netbsd'
> should work.  You may even try it with your existing
> installation.
>=20
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>