Jens Wurm wrote:
> Hi, i want to use netbsd-3.1-rc3, but i have many problems.
> I can`t boot the netbsd-3.1-rc3 iso from a cd, also if it installed on a 
> hfs partition. i don`t boot it.
> For this reason I installed netbsd-3.0.1 and want to upgrade to 3.1-rc3 
> with cvs -d anoncvs@anoncvs.NetBSD.org:/cvsroot co -r netbsd-3-1-RC3 -P 
> src.
> Then I do/ build.sh tools kernel=GENERIC_MD distribution, and copy the 
> kernel./ But now as I want to reboot, in the openfirmware comes the 
> following errors: Invalid memory access at... and *decrementer* 
> exeception error.
> I don`t know, wahat I can do. If one of you have a idea, say it me. How 
> I get netbsd-3.1-RC3 on my Powerbook, last Revision, with 1,5ghz.
> 
> Jens Wurm
> 

I've also been unable to boot the release candidates on a PowerBook 6,8
(12" screen, 1.5Ghz processor). I found several mailing list posts from
back in February[1] that included some suggested workarounds. However,
when I tried to install from both a netbsd-3 and netbsd4 build with the
changes included, I still had no success. With netbsd-4, I get a screen
with a hex dump, which is replaced by another screen with a circle in it
before I can read the dump.

Is there any diagnostic settings in Open Firmware that I can either use
to see the hex dump or display any other information that may help solve
this issue?

Regards,

Chris

[1] http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/02/09/0001.html
     http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/02/10/0000.html