Re: [OpenFirmware2.4] Can't boot on cdrom ('loader: unrecognized client program format')

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 06:02:33PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 14:55 +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
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> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm fighting with my G3 beige old world to install Sarge on it!
> > 
> > It seems it's possible to boot on the cdrom with it:
> > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html#g3v2
> > 
> > I did try that:
> > 
> > 0 > setenv boot-device ide1/disk@0:0
> > 0 > setenv boot-file \install\powerpc\vmlinux
> > 0 > reset-all
> > 
> > but it does not want to boot :'(
> > 
> > If I try to boot 'live'
> > 0 > boot ide1/disk@0:0,\install\powerpc\vmlinux
> > 
> > OF says 'loader: unrecognized client program format'
> > 
> > What is wrong with my string? Does someone know how I could boot on my
> > cdrom?
> 
> Oldworld... it might be able to boot from CD a coff file... do the CD
> contains the vmlinux.coff image ?

They should : install/powerpc/vmlinuz-coff.initrd, but i am not sure it ever
got tested.

Friendly,

Sven Luther