Re: NetBSD/macppc 10.0 ISO (Re: bootable mac68k iso)

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

> > Is it from https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-10.0/images/ ?
> 
> It was from here:
> 
> https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-10.0/images/NetBSD-10.0-macppc.iso

Ok, no problem.

> > How does it fail? Any error messages?
> 
> Yes, there were errors in Open Firmware:
> 
> 0 > boot cd:,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
> loading XCOFF
> tsize=10200 dsize=23c bsize=28f5 entry=e0000
> ...
> loading .text
> CLAIM failed
> 0 > ok

[...]

> I also tried NetBSD 9.4, downloaded from here:
> https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.4/iso/NetBSD-9.4-macppc.iso
> 
> It also failed, but it went a little further:
> 
> 0 > boot cd:,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
> loading XCOFF
> tsize=f660 dsize=258 bsize=2750 entry=e0000
> ...
> >>NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.13 (Sat Apr 20 13:32:22
> UTC 2024)
> 6587420+126944=0x6677c0
> start=0x100000
> Decrementer exception at %SRR0: bf61ffec  %SRR1: 40003030
> 0 > ok

Hmm. There are several possible problems (including buggy OF),
but could you show "printenv" output of your OF3?

My Apus2000 shows:
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Open Firmware, 2.0
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>
 ok
0 > printenv 

little-endian?      false               false
real-mode?          false               false
auto-boot?          false               true
diag-switch?        false               false
fcode-debug?        false               false
oem-banner?         false               false
oem-logo?           false               false
use-nvramrc?        false               false
real-base           8F00000             -1 
real-size           100000              100000 
virt-base           -1                  -1 
virt-size           100000              100000 
load-base           4000                4000 
pci-probe-list      -1                  -1 
screen-#columns     64                  64 
screen-#rows        28                  28 
selftest-#megs      0                   0 
boot-device         ata/ATA-Disk@0:0    /AAPL,ROM
boot-file                               
diag-device         fd:diags            fd:diags
diag-file                               
input-device        ttya                ttya
output-device       ttya                ttya
oem-banner                              
oem-logo                                
nvramrc                                 
boot-command                            boot
 ok
0 > 

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We may have to change real-base, virt-size, load-base etc.

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Izumi Tsutsui