Re: Issues with NetBSD 8.1 macppc

[Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland%ilande.co.uk@localhost>]

On 06/10/2019 19:27, Julien Savard wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm facing some using when using NetBSD 8.1.
> First : 
> NetBSD-8.1-macppc.iso is not usable under qemu-system-ppc. It boots but it keeps
> showing strange symbols.
> Second ( which might be related to the first ) :
> I tried to boot NetBSD-8.1-macppc.iso on my Ibook G4. It does not shows any weird
> symbols however when in main menu screen it shows "NetBSD 8.1 RC1"
> 
> Is it possible the ISO in https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/8.1/ still RC1 ?

Hi Julien,

Don't worry about the symbols as these are a known issue - basically OpenBIOS doesn't
include the spacing as part of the character set, and so the bootloader code to
calculate the address of a glyph within the PROM is incorrect. However if you give
qemu-system-ppc enough memory for the guest (-m 512) then it will boot and the
console recovers when NetBSD takes over.


ATB,

Mark.