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Hello,

On Dec 14, 2007, at 19:00, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:

> macallan@NetBSD.org wrote:
>
>> How did you install the boot loader on the harddisk? You need the 1st
>> stage loader ( bootxx ) in partition 0 and the loader itself
>> ( ofwboot, without the xcf extension ) in /, installboot takes care
>> of bootxx but probably not of ofwboot.
>
> As noted in installboot(8):
>>>   Currently, installboot doesn't recognize an existing Apple  
>>> partition map
>>>   on the disk and always writes a faked map to make disks bootable.
>
>> Then, how did you create those partitions? With pdisk or just
>> disklabel? What worked for me is to wipe the apple partition map and
>> just run disklabel. This will create partitions that MacOS can't see
>> but I don't think you'd care about that.
>
> The strategy used in current macppc/disksubr.c: readdisklable() seems:
> (1) use a native NetBSD disklabel if it's in LABELSECTOR
> (2) use an apple partition map if it's in LABELSECTOR
> (3) recognize an MBR partition if it's in LABELSECTOR
> (4) create a native NetBSD label if nothing is in LABELSECTOR
>
> But I'm not sure how our installer creates partitions on a new disk.
> Maybe the installer should know OF version of the machine and
> wipe out existing maps on OF 1 and 2 machines to make it bootable?
> (or make installboot(8) recognize existing apple partition map?)

Yeah, sounds like a good thing to do.

>> On my S900 ( which I don't have anymore, unfortunately ) I used boot
>> 'scsi-int/sd@0:0 netbsd'
>
> Hmm, does anyone try 603e class macppc after ppc-renovation merge?
> Last time I tried it on my Apus2000, it panicked around an interrupt
> handler.

Let me guess - you have an onboard mc?
My PowerBook 3400c has a 200MHz 603e and Just Works(tm)

have fun
Michael

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