http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2005/02/28/0014.html

Should shed some light on the issue.

On Nov 27, 2005, at 2:52 PM, spamcop@smurfturf.net wrote:

> I've been having with weird problem with auto-boot on a PM G4  
> DigitalAudio.
> I can boot in my install (which has been running for about a month  
> now) using the following command in the OpenFirmware (OF)
> > boot hd:,\ofwboot.xcf
> These will work to.
> > boot hd:2,\ofwboot.xcf
> > boot hd:2,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd
> if I set any of these to the boot-device I can then simply run  
> "boot" to start up netbsd the machine will boot fine on my install.
> But then, if i set auto-boot to true, reset-all... the machine will  
> go in a frantic reboot state and keep rebooting until I zap the pram.
> I've tried setting the boot-file (although according to the doc it  
> doesn't seem mandatory) to no avail.
> I've tried a few different device aliases... I also tried full  
> hardware path (as they are listed by devalias as listing all  
> hardware will result in the information being scrolled above the  
> screen).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Matth
>
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