On 3/16/06, Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:

> > - Open Firmware doesn't read MSDOS formatted partitions anymore.
>
> Yuck. Which firmware version are you using? That's something that should
> go into the FAQ. OF 1.0.5 definitely supports MSDOS filesystems.
>

OF 3.0!!! And this is rather interesting, because it used to work when
I first tried NetBSD on the iBook about a year ago. Can OF be updated
? I don't remember doing any firmware updates.

> You need linux libraries installed in /usr/pkg/emul/linux/ - no idea how
> well it works these days though.

It wasn't a link error... the loader just gave up saying "unrecognised
binary format". maybe I should post this on current-users

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~Cherry