On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 12:08:37PM -0800, Benjamin Kite wrote: > :::: Prior to now, Ethan Benson wrote ::::::: > :: > > I'm convinced that quik succeeded in putting the bootblock on /dev/hdb2, > (or at least I'm going to pretend to be for now) so I'm going about trying > to boot from that partition. > > Problem 1: "ofpath" doesn't work on my system whenever you do this get booted, could you send me a tarball of /proc/device-tree ? with this i can add support to ofpath. cd /proc tar -zcvpf /tmp/devtree.tar.gz device-tree will do it, then mail my /tmp/devtree.tar.gz > Problem 2: The hdb thing worries me because I know the thing is > set to be master but it's not coming up as hda. that is a bit wierd.. > Barring those, > > I know that "ata/ATA-Disk" is a valid OF device because I can look > at its properties. Also, it says it "can't LOAD from" the device, > which leads me to think it's finding a partition, but can't grok > something... you might try setting load-base to 600000 rememeber that is oldworld only don't do that on a newworld! (for the benifit of maillist archives) > is /dev/hdb2 == ata/ATA-Disk@0:0 partition 0 represents the whole disk, supposedly OF will look for a partition marked bootable when told to boot partition 0. (i know this works on at least the 7200) > is /dev/hdb2 == ata/ATA-Disk@0:1 no it would be ata/ATA-Disk@0:2 the last number is the partition number. > or > > is /dev/hdb2 == ata/ATA-Disk@0:2 ? yes. assuming the ata/ATA-Disk@0 part is right. > Maybe I need those patches... i am not sure if there are any patches for this machine, apple would be content to see the clones all ground into dust and spread across the pacific ocean. > Maybe I should just go try to find a MacOS disk... check the netbsd FAQ first, here: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-bugs -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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