Re: won't boot if I don't enter open-firmware

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Bruce O'Neel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ok, this is odd.
>
> I have a PowerMac G4/400 AGP, and a PowerBook G4/667 (TiBook) and  
> both of them run NetBSD fine.
>
> What they don't do fine is boot from powerup without a stop in  
> openfirmware.
>
> If set auto-boot? to false, then when I drop into open-firmware type  
> 'boot' everything is fine.
> But with auto-boot? to true they just make it to a gray screen and  
> stop.  No text.
>
> I've tried the two different delayed boot commands in the install  
> notes and both of
> them produce a black screen and nothing.

What matters is to trick OF into initializing the graphics hardware,  
there have been several scripts posted here, no clue which ones ou're  
referring to.

> My Pismo, just to be perverse, boots just fine without a stop in  
> OpenFirmware.

Yeah, its OF is old enough to be comparably sane.

have fun
Michael

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