Re: NetBSD 8.1 on a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet

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

Hello,

On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:07:46 -0600
userm57%yahoo.com@localhost wrote:

> > Not from OF, but I probably didn't specify the CD-ROM drive correctly:
> > 
> > 0 > pwd /pci@80000000/mac-io@10/media-bay@34/ata1@21000/disk@0,0 ok
> > 0 > boot
> > /pci@800000000/mac-io@10/media-bay@34/ata1@21000/disk@0,0:,OFWBOOT.XCF;1
> >  can't OPEN:
> > /pci@800000000/mac-io@10/media-bay@34/ata1@21000/disk@0,0:,OFWBOOT.XCF;1  
> 
> I also tried "boot ide1/@0:0,\OFWBOOT.XCF" as per the PowerBook G3
> Series (Wallstreet) Footnotes section near the bottom of this page:
> 
> https://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/models.html#pbg3s
> 
> The response was "can't OPEN: ide1/@0:0,\OFWBOOT.XCF"

Did the drive actually spin up when doing any of these?
Also, did you try ...,\OFWBOOT;1 ?
( disclaimer: I only have one OF 2.0 powerbook, a 3400c )
Finally, where did you get the ISO? From the daily builds or the link
in the release announcement? IIRC the ones in the daily build aren't
hybrid HFS/iso9660s but the release ones are. That would get you around
most of the weirdo filename stuff like ;1 etc.
And,
'dir  /pci@800000000/mac-io@10/media-bay@34/ata1@21000/disk@0,0:,\' or
somesuch actually works on some OF versions, IIRC 2.0.1 was one of them.

> > Open Firmware, 2.0.1

Hmm, same version as on my 3400c, which I remember as relatively benign.

have fun
Michael