Subject: Re: Upgrade from 3.0 to 4.0 quandry. . .
To: jim smith <n0oct@sbcglobal.net>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/30/2008 07:43:38
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Hello,
On Jan 29, 2008, at 23:39, jim smith wrote:
> Here's the quandry: how do I get the new ofwboot.xcf and netbsd kernel
> to the old HFS partition? I've tried boot the 4.0 kernel from CD,
> which works for booting the kernel, but won't continue on to loading
> things from wd0. Apparently there isn't enough information there to
> tell it to 'move on' to wd0.
You don't need the kernel on the HFS partition. If it's old HFS you
can use hfstools from pkgsrc - ofwboot.xcf from 4.0 can load 3.0
kernels. And finally - you can always build a kernel with hardwired
root filesystem.
have fun
Michael
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