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setting up the console and how to work around the problem. This is an initial stab at solving PR/35348 for NetBSD 6.0. After 6.0 is released, a better solution can be done for 6.1.
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.\" $NetBSD: install,v 1.39 2012/10/06 05:28:46 jnemeth Exp $
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.Ss2 Open Firmware boot syntax
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The syntax of the Open Firmware
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.Ic boot
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command is:
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.Pp
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.Dl boot boot-device [boot-file] [-as]
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.Pp
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where the
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.Li boot-device
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describes where to find the bootloader,
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.Li boot-file
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describes where to find the
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.Nx
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kernel, and the options specify how you want to boot.
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.Pp
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You use the
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.Li boot-device
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to tell Open Firmware where to find
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.Xr ofwboot 8
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by listing the device, the partition (if it's a disk), and the filename
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of the bootloader (if using
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.Pa ofwboot.xcf ) .
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.Pp
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If the
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.Li boot-file
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is on the same device and partition (if it's a disk) as the
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.Li boot-device
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then you can just specify the kernel filename.
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Otherwise, you need to specify the full Open Firmware path to the kernel.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl a
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flag will ask you for the location of the next item to load
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(i.e. the bootloader will ask where the kernel is (if unspecified),
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or the kernel will ask where the root file system is).
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The
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.Fl s
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flag will boot into
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.Sq single-user
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mode.
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.Pp
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The exact command you will be using depends on which version of Open Firmware
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your machine has and which device you will be booting from.
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Sometimes you may have to guess as we don't know all of the combinations
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of models, device names, and file names.
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In general the format is:
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.Li "device:[partition][,\efilename]" .
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Keep in mind for the future that you may be able to have your
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.Li boot-device
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and
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.Li boot-file
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on entirely different devices (such as the bootloader netbooted from
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.Li enet
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and the kernel loaded from a hard drive on the
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.Li ultra0
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ATA/IDE bus).
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.Pp
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We'll try to walk you through the process of figuring out what Open
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Firmware calls your device, partition, and file names.
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To start with, Open Firmware keeps a
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.Dq device tree
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with all of the devices it finds in your system.
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You can get a listing of the nodes in this device tree with the
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.Ic dev
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and
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.Ic ls
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commands.
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.Ic dev
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is similar to the unix
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.Ic cd
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command and is used to change between the nodes in the Open Firmware
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device tree (similar to a file system).
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.Ic ls
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of course is similar to the unix
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.Ic ls
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command and is used to list the contents of the current device node.
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To get a listing of all the devices available in your system, use the
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following commands:
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "dev /"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "ls"
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.disp)
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.Pp
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Open Firmware has device aliases which are simple names for the full
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hardware path to a device (similar to
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.Ic alias
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in
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.Xr csh 1 ).
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You can find out
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what device aliases Apple created on your machine with the
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.Ic devalias
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command.
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For example, here are the devaliases on a PowerMacintosh 7300:
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic devalias
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vci0 /chaos@F0000000
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pci1 /bandit@F2000000
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pci2 /bandit@F4000000
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fd /bandit/gc/swim3
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kbd /bandit/gc/via-cuda/adb/keyboard
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ttya /bandit/gc/escc/ch-a
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ttyb /bandit/gc/escc/ch-b
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enet /bandit/gc/mace
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scsi /bandit/gc/53c94
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scsi-int /bandit/gc/mesh
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ok
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.disp)
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.Pp
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On most systems, you'll find the devices you're looking for.
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Typical aliases are:
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.Bl -column xxx "scsi-intxxxxxx" "internal scsi bus (on system with multiple SCSI busses)"
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.It Ta Li hd Ta No "internal hard drive"
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.It Ta Li cd Ta No "CD-ROM drive"
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.It Ta Li zip Ta No "internal Zip drive"
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.It Ta Li enet Ta No ethernet
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.It Ta Li fd Ta No "floppy drive"
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.It Ta Li scsi Ta No "SCSI bus"
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.It Ta Li scsi-int Ta No "internal SCSI bus (on systems with multiple SCSI busses)"
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.It Ta Li ata Ta No "ATA/IDE bus"
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.It Ta Li ideN Ta No "ATA/IDE bus number N"
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.It Ta Li ultraN Ta No "Ultra/66 or Ultra/100 IDE bus number N"
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.El
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.Pp
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Note that some of these items are the device itself, and some are a bus.
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When you only have the devalias to a bus, you need to specify which
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device on that bus you want to use.
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You can use the Open Firmware
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.Ic dev No and Ic ls
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commands.
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For example, here are the devices on the internal SCSI bus of a
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PowerMacintosh 7300:
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "dev scsi-int"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "ls"
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FF83C850: /sd@0,0
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FF83D480: /st@0,0
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ok
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.disp)
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.Pp
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In this case, Open Firmware seems to be saying there are two devices, both
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at address zero (one is a SCSI disk
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.Sq sd@0,0
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and the other is a SCSI tape
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.Sq st@0,0 ).
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Unfortunately, older systems will only list the naming convention and not
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the actual devices currently connected, but that's OK -- we've got more
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tricks up our sleeve.
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.Pp
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If you've got ATA/IDE drives, you have all the device information you need
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(since Apple only ever ships drives as
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.Dq master
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which is typically something like
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.Li ata-disk@0 , Li ATA-Disk@0 , Li atapi-disk , or Li disk@0 ).
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.Pp
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You can find out the devices on your SCSI bus with the
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.Ic show-children
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command:
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "dev scsi-int"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "show-children"
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Target 0
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Unit 0 Disk IBM DCAS-32160 S65A
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Target 3
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Unit 0 Removable Read Only device SONY CD-ROM CDU-8005 1.0j
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ok
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.disp)
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.Pp
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Open Firmware calls SCSI IDs
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.Dq Li Target .
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The
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.Dq Li Unit
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number is the Logical Unit Number (LUN).
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This is almost always zero.
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Thus, this PowerMacintosh system has an IBM hard drive (DCAS-32160) at
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SCSI ID 0, and a Sony CD-ROM drive (CDU-8005) at SCSI ID 3.
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.Pp
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Now, we've got enough information to construct the device name for
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Open Firmware.
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Just stick everything together to describe to Open Firmware what you want.
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For example, Open Firmware calls the CD-ROM drive
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in this system
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.Li scsi-int/sd@3 .
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.Pp
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To determine if a device is bootable, type:
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic dev scsi-int/sd@3
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic words
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load write read seek close open
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write-blocks read-blocks max-transfer block-size dma-sync dma-map-out
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dma-map-in dma-free dma-alloc
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ok
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.disp)
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.Pp
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If the
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.Ic word Dq Li open
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is present in the list, then the device is almost certainly bootable.
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.Pp
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Next, you need to figure out what partition Open Firmware thinks your
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bootloader is located on if you're going to boot from a disk.
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If you're using a
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.Dq "partition zero"
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bootloader, the answer is obvious: 0.
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Thus, your
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.Li boot-device
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for the
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.Nx*M
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CD-R image on an Open Firmware 1.0.5 system would be
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.Li scsi-int/sd@3:0
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since the image has a
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.Sq "partition zero"
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bootloader.
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.Pp
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Other situations get a little
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trickier, as we know of no way to get a partition map from
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within Open Firmware, and it uses a different numbering scheme than either
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.Nx
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or MacOS 9 (or earlier). You can use
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.Ic pdisk
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to get a listing of the partitions on a disk.
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See the Partitioning HOW-TO for help:
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.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/partitioning.html#pdisk
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.Pp
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Typically, MS-DOS and ISO9660 formatted disks have their file systems at
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partition 1.
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Typically, Drive Setup formatted disks have their
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file systems starting at partition number 9.
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Often, if you omit the partition number, Open Firmware
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looks in the first partition it understands holding a valid file system.
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.Pp
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Open Firmware uses a comma (,) to separate the partition number from the
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filename.
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It uses a backslash (the
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.Pa \e
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character) to separate directories.
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The bootloader uses forward slashes (the
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.Pa /
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character) to separate directories when specifying the
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.Li boot-file .
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Thus, to specify the top of the
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file system on a CD-ROM in the example PowerMacintosh 7300 system, you'd
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use:
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.Li scsi-int/sd@3:,\e
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.Pp
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Now, to confirm that you and Open Firmware are looking at the same files,
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you can get a directory listing of the file system on your device with the
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.Ic dir
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command.
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This command is only useful with file systems that Open Firmware
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understands and is able to boot from.
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On Open Firmware 1.0.5, 1.1.22, and 2.0.x systems, you can use
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.Ic dir
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on ISO9660 (not hybrid) and MS-DOS file systems.
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On Open Firmware 2.4, you can use it on HFS, HFS+, hybrid, ISO9960,
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and MS-DOS file systems.
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On Open Firmware 3, you can use it on HFS, HFS+, hybrid (not pure ISO9660),
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and MS-DOS file systems. The one exception to this rule is that Open
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Firmware cannot list files on a disk with a
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.Sq "partition zero"
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bootloader (including the
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.Nx*M
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CD-R image and installation floppies).
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "dir fd:,\e"
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FINDER .DAT 022 2 2B8
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DESKTOP . 022 0 0
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RESOURCE.FRK 012 3 0
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NETBSD~1.GZ 020 5 1FDFCA
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TRASH . 010 B00 0
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OFWBOOT .XCF 020 A75 D8F4
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ok
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.disp)
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You can see that this MS-DOS
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formatted disk has a bunch of stuff, as well as the two important files:
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.Pa NETBSD~1.GZ No and Pa OFWBOOT.XCF .
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Note that
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.Tn MacOS
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shortened
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.Pa netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz No to Pa NETBSD~1.GZ
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since MS-DOS file systems can only natively hold 8 characters for the
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filename.
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.(Note
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Keep in mind that Open Firmware is often case-sensitive when it
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comes to filenames.
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.Note)
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.(Note
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You may need to append a
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.Pa ;1
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to the filename when using a ISO 9660 file system. This
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.Dq "version number"
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is part of the ISO 9660 specification and will show up in the directory
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listing if it is present on the disk. For example:
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot cd:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF;1 NETBSD.MACPPC;1"
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.disp)
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.Note)
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.Pp
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If the
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.Ic dir
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command showed you the files you're looking for, then you've figure out
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how to tell Open Firmware to look for your bootloader!
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In this case, your
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.Sq Li boot-device
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is
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.Sq Li fd:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF
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and your
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.Sq Li boot-file
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is
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.Sq Li fd:,/NETBSD~1.GZ .
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.Pp
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For additional help, see
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.Xr ofwboot 8
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and the FAQ on topics like how to use the
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Open Firmware command environment and how to boot from a device attached
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to a PCI card which has Open Firmware support:
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.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-use
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.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/faq.html#boot-pci
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.
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.Ss2 Examples of Open Firmware boot commands
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.
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Here are some examples of the commands you might use to boot your system:
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.(bullet
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.To 2 "Booting the NetBSD/macppc install CD-R"
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.Em "Booting the NetBSD/\*M install CD-R"
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.br
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(Open Firmware 1.0.5, Open Firmware 1.1.22, Open Firmware 2.0.x, Open
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Firmware 2.4)
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.Pp
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Here are some examples of what you might use to boot from CD-ROM (Apple
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usually sets their CD-ROM drives to SCSI ID 3):
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot cd:0 NETBSD.MACPPC"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi-int/sd@3:0 NETBSD.MACPPC"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi/sd@3:0 NETBSD.MACPPC"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ata/atapi-disk:0 NETBSD.MACPPC"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ide1/disk@0:0 NETBSD.MACPPC"
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.disp)
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.Pp
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.It
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.Em "Booting the NetBSD/\*M install CD-R"
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.br
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(Open Firmware 3)
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot cd:,\eofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc"
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.disp)
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.It
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.To 2 "Booting the NetBSD install floppies"
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.Em "Booting the NetBSD install floppies"
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.br
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(Open Firmware 1.0.5, Open Firmware 1.1.22, Open Firmware 2.0.x, Open
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Firmware 2.4)
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.Pp
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The first floppy disk has a
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.Sq "partition zero"
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bootloader. When it has loaded the kernel, it will ask you to insert the
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second floppy disk.
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.(Note
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This is not a normal
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.Tn MacOS
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boot floppy -- you must enter Open Firmware and type a boot command.
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.Note)
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All you need to do is:
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic boot fd:0
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.disp)
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.Pp
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It is common to see
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.Dq "READ TIMEOUT@"
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from the floppy. This means that Open
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Firmware is having difficulty reading the media. See the section below on
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.Sx "Common Problems and Error Messages"
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for more information about this and what you can do to get a successful boot.
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.Pp
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You can eject a floppy by typing:
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic eject fd
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.disp)
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.It
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.To 2 "Booting an IDE or SCSI drive with an HFS partition"
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.Em "Booting an IDE or SCSI drive with an HFS or HFS+ partition"
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.br
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(Open Firmware 2.4, Open Firmware 3)
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.Pp
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.Tn MacOS
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drives have several system-level partitions reserved for
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.Tn MacOS
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drivers.
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You may find that your first HFS or HFS+ partition might be as high as
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partition 9.
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You may need to keep trying higher partition numbers until you find the one
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that has your bootloader. You can use
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.Ic pdisk
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to print out your partition map:
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.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/partitioning.html#pdisk
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.Pp
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You should use the Open Firmware
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.Ic dir
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command to get a directory listing of the files on your hard drive.
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.Pp
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If bootloader is on a different partition from the
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.Nx
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kernel, you will need to specify where to find the kernel.
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.Pp
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Remember, that SCSI Zip disks are usually ID 5 or 6.
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Internal hard drives are usually SCSI ID 0.
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.Pp
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Here are some examples of what you might use to boot the installer kernel
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located on an HFS or HFS+ partition:
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot hd:9,\eofwboot.xcf netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi/sd@0:9,\eofwboot.xcf netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ide0/disk@0:10,\eofwboot.xcf netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ultra1:9,ofwboot.xcf netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
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.disp)
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.Pp
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.It
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.To 2 "Booting a custom CD-ROM"
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.Em "Booting a custom CD-ROM"
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.br
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(All Open Firmware versions)
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.Pp
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Open Firmware doesn't understand long filenames (created with the RockRidge
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and Joliet extensions), so you may need to figure out what your file is
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called. You should use the Open Firmware
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.Ic dir
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command to get a listing of the files on your CD.
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.Pp
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For instance,
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.Ic Toast
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for
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.Tn MacOS
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creates CDs with long filenames, but uses
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.Tn MS-DOS
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style short names
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as well.
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Instead of referencing
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.Pa netbsd-GENERIC
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you would need to open
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.Pa NETBSD-G.ENE
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The
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.Ic mkisofs
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program has a similar problem,
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.Pa netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz
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becomes
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.Pa NETBSD-GENERIC_MD.GZ .
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.Pp
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Another thing to note is that you
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.Em must
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use the same case when specifying the filename to load that Open Firmware
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uses.
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Also, keep in mind what format your CD-R has to be for your version of
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Open Firmware (pure ISO versus hybrid ISO/HFS).
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.Pp
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We'll assume that you've wisely renamed your kernel to
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.Pa netbsd.gz
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to avoid many of these name issues.
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Here are some examples of what you might use to boot from CD-ROM
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(Apple usually sets their CD-ROM drives to SCSI ID 3):
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot cd:,\eofwboot.xcf netbsd.gz"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi-int/sd@3:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.GZ"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi/sd@3:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.GZ"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ata/atapi-disk:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.GZ"
|
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ide1/disk@0:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.GZ"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Booting an MS-DOS floppy"
|
|
.Em "Booting an MS-DOS floppy"
|
|
.br
|
|
(Open Firmware 1.0.5, Open Firmware 1.1.22, Open Firmware 2.0.x, Open
|
|
Firmware 2.4)
|
|
.(Note
|
|
This is not a normal
|
|
.Tn MacOS
|
|
boot floppy -- you must enter Open Firmware and type a boot command.
|
|
.Note)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Use the Open Firmware
|
|
.Ic dir
|
|
command to get a listing of the files on the floppy.
|
|
Typically you'll find filenames like
|
|
.Li OFWBOOT.XCF No and Li NETBSD~1.GZ .
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot fd:,\eOFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD~1.GZ"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You can eject a floppy by typing:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic eject fd
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Booting over the ethernet"
|
|
.Em "Booting over the ethernet"
|
|
.br
|
|
(Open Firmware 1.0.5, Open Firmware 1.1.22, Open Firmware 2.0.x, Open
|
|
Firmware 2.4)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You can try the simple form (i.e. that you are booting from ethernet):
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Or you may be more specific,
|
|
specifying the bootloader filename and the kernel name:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf enet:,/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.(Note
|
|
Some Open Firmware 1.0.5 machines have their MAC address stored
|
|
incorrectly.
|
|
Make sure that your netboot server is using the same MAC
|
|
address that your \*M client is using.
|
|
See the section on
|
|
.Sx "Setting up Open Firmware 1 and 2 to boot NetBSD"
|
|
to figure out your MAC address.
|
|
.Note)
|
|
.(Note
|
|
Some machines cannot load compressed kernels over ethernet.
|
|
Uncompress them first.
|
|
.Note)
|
|
.It
|
|
.Em "Booting over the ethernet"
|
|
.br
|
|
(Open Firmware 3)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You can try the simple form (i.e. that you are booting from ethernet):
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot enet:0"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Or you may be more specific,
|
|
specifying the bootloader filename and the kernel name:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot enet:0,ofwboot.xcf enet:0,/netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Booting an IDE or SCSI drive with 'partition zero'"
|
|
.Em "Booting an IDE or SCSI drive with a"
|
|
.Sq Em "partition zero"
|
|
.Em bootloader
|
|
.br
|
|
(Open Firmware 1.0.5, Open Firmware 1.1.22, Open Firmware 2.0.x, Open
|
|
Firmware 2.4)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You do not specify a file to load, since the
|
|
.Sq "partition zero"
|
|
bootloader knows what to do.
|
|
You would boot such a system if you have dumped
|
|
the CD-R image to your drive, or if you have an already-installed
|
|
.Nx*M
|
|
system
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Remember, that SCSI Zip disks are usually ID 5 or 6.
|
|
Internal hard drives are usually SCSI ID 0.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Here are some examples of what you might use to boot from such a drive:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot zip:0"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi-int/sd@0:0"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot scsi/sd@0:0"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ata/ata-disk@0:0"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ata/ATA-Disk@0:0"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot ide0/disk@0:0"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.bullet)
|
|
.
|
|
.Ss2 Example of a normal boot
|
|
.
|
|
Of course, a lot of the information in this example depends on your model
|
|
and what your boot method is, but we'll include this anyways just so you
|
|
get an idea of what to expect (user-typed commands are in
|
|
.Ic bold ) .
|
|
.(disp
|
|
Apple PowerBook3,1 2.1f1 BootROM built on 01/29/00 at 22:38:07
|
|
Copyright 1994-2000 Apple Computer, Inc.
|
|
All Rights Reserved
|
|
|
|
Welcome to Open Firmware.
|
|
To continue booting, type "mac-boot" and press return.
|
|
To shut down, type "shut-down" and press return.
|
|
ok
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz"
|
|
loading XCOFF
|
|
tsize=C280 dsize=14AC bsize=2620 entry=600000
|
|
SECTIONS:
|
|
.text 00600000 00600000 0000C280 000000E0
|
|
.data 0060D000 0060D000 000014AC 0000C360
|
|
.bss 0060E4B0 0060E4B0 00002620 00000000
|
|
loading .text, done..
|
|
loading .data, done..
|
|
clearing .bss, done..
|
|
|
|
\*[Gt]\*[Gt] NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.3
|
|
\*[Gt]\*[Gt] (tsubai@mint.iri.co.jp, Sun Nov 26 01:41:27 JST 2000)
|
|
1701508+177748 [100+68176+55886]=0x1e9468
|
|
|
|
start=0x100000
|
|
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
|
|
The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.
|
|
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
|
|
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
NetBSD 1.5.1 (INSTALL) #0: Thu Mar 15 00:52:56 PST 2001
|
|
mw@al:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/INSTALL
|
|
total memory = 192 MB
|
|
avail memory = 172 MB
|
|
using 2483 buffers containing 9932 KB of memory
|
|
[...]
|
|
erase ^H, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T
|
|
Terminal type? [vt100]
|
|
Erase is backspace.
|
|
(I)nstall, (S)hell or (H)alt ?
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.
|
|
.Ss2 Common Problems and Error Messages
|
|
.
|
|
This is a brief list of some of the Open Firmware problems you may run into.
|
|
See the
|
|
.Nx*M
|
|
FAQ for a thorough list.
|
|
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/faq.html#boot-trouble
|
|
.(Note
|
|
You may find it necessary to remove all non-Apple devices from your
|
|
machine.
|
|
Some users have found this necessary.
|
|
.Note)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(bullet
|
|
.To 2 "Black screen"
|
|
Black screen
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If your system is a PowerBook,
|
|
.Nx
|
|
may have turned down the brightness of the backlight.
|
|
Use the buttons to turn your brightness back up.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Open Firmware 3.x and newer often won't setup the console if you don't
|
|
drop to a prompt, and
|
|
.Nx
|
|
doesn't know how to setup the console itself.
|
|
To get the system to boot when you have auto-boot? set to true, you
|
|
can try this workaround.
|
|
First, try one of the following commands:
|
|
.sp
|
|
.Dl setenv boot-command \*[q] screen\*[q] output boot
|
|
.Dl setenv boot-command ." screen" output boot
|
|
.Dl setenv boot-command ." Booting NetBSD..." cr \*[q] screen\*[q] output boot
|
|
.sp
|
|
You should follow the command with:
|
|
.sp
|
|
.Dl reset-all
|
|
.sp
|
|
This will cause Open Firmware to output some text to the screen prior
|
|
to booting, thus forcing it to setup the console.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Otherwise, you need a serial console.
|
|
See the section entitled
|
|
.Sx "Open Firmware 1 and 2 System Preparation"
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Grey screen with flashing question mark"
|
|
Grey screen with flashing question mark
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This means that your system is trying to boot
|
|
.Tn MacOS .
|
|
You might get to this state if you didn't properly enter Open Firmware, or if
|
|
your Open Firmware boot command has bad syntax.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you typed a bad boot command, Open Firmware tries to boot from the
|
|
value stored in the
|
|
.Li boot-device
|
|
variable, whose default value is the MacOS ROM.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The grey screen with the icon is generated by the MacOS ROM.
|
|
A flashing question-mark or broken folder means that your machine
|
|
is looking for a bootable MacOS file system, but can't find one.
|
|
A globe icon means that your machine is looking for a netboot server.
|
|
A happy face or spinning disc means it's starting to boot MacOS.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The boot floppy does not have a bootable MacOS file system, it has a
|
|
bootable NetBSD file system.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Reboot, re-enter Open Firmware and check your syntax carefully.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(Note
|
|
Don't forget to check your Open Firmware environment variables, as they
|
|
may have been changed by your brief excursion into
|
|
.Tn MacOS .
|
|
.Note)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Information on your screen seems garbled or out of sync"
|
|
Information on your screen seems garbled or out of sync
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you have a PowerMacintosh 7300 through 8600, then you need to read the
|
|
section on System Disk and the patches it applies.
|
|
See the section entitled
|
|
.Sx "Open Firmware 1 and 2 System Preparation"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you have a Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh, Open Firmware does not work
|
|
with the internal display, you will need to set up a serial console.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "DEFAULT CATCH!"
|
|
.Dq Li "DEFAULT CATCH!"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This is a general message from Open Firmware to the effect that it had
|
|
trouble loading a file.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If your machine is Open Firmware version 1.0.5, 2.0.x, or 2.4, this error
|
|
does sometimes appear randomly.
|
|
You might try the boot command a second time
|
|
(this is known to work on some models).
|
|
It's also an indication that either your floppy disk is bad,
|
|
or the floppy drive is bad.
|
|
Try doing a low-level format on the floppy, re-copy the files, and try again.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
There are several models that cannot be booted while using the on-board
|
|
video and keyboard.
|
|
Try using a serial console.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "CLAIM failed"
|
|
.Dq Li "CLAIM failed"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This is a general message from Open Firmware to the effect that it failed
|
|
to allocate some memory or memory is messed up.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
First, make sure you have the Open Firmware variable
|
|
.Li load-base
|
|
set correctly.
|
|
If your system is Open Firmware version 1.0.5, 1.1.22,
|
|
2.0.x, or 2.4, see the section above on
|
|
.Sx "Setting up Open Firmware 1 and 2 to boot NetBSD"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Do not change
|
|
.Li load-base
|
|
on an Open Firmware 3 system.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Reset your system and try using a different boot command (this is the
|
|
only way some people have gotten their Open Firmware 2.4 systems to work):
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "0 bootr boot-device boot-file"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you tried one boot command and it failed, then you tried a second and
|
|
got the
|
|
.Li CLAIM failed
|
|
message, then this is an indication that you should reboot between attempts.
|
|
Use the Open Firmware
|
|
.Ic reset-all
|
|
command.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Contradictorily, if your machine is Open Firmware version 1.0.5, 2.0.x or
|
|
2.4, this error does sometimes appear randomly.
|
|
You might try the boot command a second time
|
|
(this is known to work on some models).
|
|
.Pp
|
|
There are several models that cannot be booted while using the on-board
|
|
video and keyboard.
|
|
Try using a serial console.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "can't OPEN"
|
|
.Dq Li "can't OPEN"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Open Firmware either can't open the device you specified (because it is not
|
|
present or the device path is mistyped) or the file you specified.
|
|
Check your typing and check to make sure that the media has the
|
|
files you think it has.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Use the NetBSD
|
|
.Ic pdisk
|
|
command to list the partition map and the Open Firmware
|
|
.Ic dir
|
|
command to verify that the file(s) you tried accessing are really there.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "unrecognized Client Program formatstate not valid"
|
|
.Dq Li "unrecognized Client Program formatstate not valid"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
This is a general Open Firmware error message indicating that the filename
|
|
you tried to open either doesn't exist or is in the wrong format.
|
|
For Open Firmware 1 and 2 machines, it must be an XCOFF file (such as
|
|
.Pa ofwboot.xcf )
|
|
and for Open Firmware 3 machines, it must be either XCOFF or ELF (such as
|
|
a kernel).
|
|
Make sure that you have use binary mode to FTP the files, and
|
|
that they are properly uncompressed.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "bad partition number, using 0no bootable HFS partition"
|
|
.Dq Li "bad partition number, using 0no bootable HFS partition"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you're trying to boot an Open Firmware 1.0.5, 1.1.22, or 2.0.x system,
|
|
this probably means that your media (i.e. hard drive or CD-ROM) has an HFS
|
|
file system on it (such as a hybrid CD-R or a hard drive with MacOS
|
|
partitions).
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "READ TIMEOUT@"
|
|
.Dq Li "READ TIMEOUT@"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Open Firmware is having trouble reading your floppy disk. Things to try:
|
|
.(bullet -compact
|
|
Try booting from the floppy again
|
|
.It
|
|
Try a different floppy disk
|
|
.It
|
|
Try writing the floppy on the same machine you're trying to boot
|
|
.It
|
|
Clean the floppy drive
|
|
.It
|
|
Use another boot method
|
|
.bullet)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
As disk drives get older, especially with portables, they can get a
|
|
little bit out of alignment so that they do not consistently read disks
|
|
written on other floppy drives. Strongly consider writing the floppies
|
|
on the same machine that will be reading them.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "TFTP timeout"
|
|
.Dq Li "TFTP timeout"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Either the server's TFTP server isn't running, or you're using a model
|
|
with Open Firmware 1.0.5 and not specifying the location of the bootloader.
|
|
Unfortunately, on the early models,
|
|
.Pa ofwboot.xcf
|
|
gets confused and doesn't work right unless you load it explicitly from the
|
|
.Li boot-device ,
|
|
even if the bootp or DHCP server provides the correct information.
|
|
You need to boot with a command like:
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "enet:,/netbsd.ram.gz: Inappropriate file type or format"
|
|
.Dq Li "enet:,/netbsd.ram.gz: Inappropriate file type or format"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Some systems booting over ethernet can't load compressed
|
|
kernels. Use
|
|
.Xr gunzip 1
|
|
to uncompress the kernel before attempting to netboot.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Bootloader hangs before the copyright notice"
|
|
Bootloader hangs before the copyright notice and the kernel configuration
|
|
.Pp
|
|
You forgot to set
|
|
.Li real-base
|
|
in Open Firmware or it got erased by your booting into
|
|
.Tn MacOS .
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Make sure you have the Open Firmware variable
|
|
.Li real-base
|
|
set correctly.
|
|
If your system is Open Firmware version 1.0.5, 1.1.22,
|
|
2.0.x, or 2.4, see the section above on
|
|
.Sx "Setting up Open Firmware 1 and 2 to boot NetBSD"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Do not set
|
|
.Li real-base
|
|
on an Open Firmware 3 system.
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Hang after configuring devices"
|
|
Hang after configuring devices, but before doing anything else
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Actually, this can have many causes.
|
|
The most likely is a keyboard problem.
|
|
First, try plugging the USB keyboard directly into the computer
|
|
(i.e. not through a hub) and unplugging the mouse.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you're trying a model that's not on the supported list (such as a new
|
|
laptop model), they keyboard may not be supported yet.
|
|
.bullet)
|
|
.
|
|
.Ss2 Milestone
|
|
.
|
|
If you've reached this point, then you must've gotten the
|
|
.Nx
|
|
installer to boot.
|
|
Congratulations!
|
|
That was the hard part.
|
|
From now through the rest of this document,
|
|
there should be no more Open Firmware
|
|
specific problems, so read everything because it applies to all models.
|
|
.
|
|
.so ../common/sysinst
|
|
.
|
|
.Ss2 "Finalizing Open Firmware settings"
|
|
.
|
|
Now, you can reboot to get to the Open Firmware prompt. You still need
|
|
to figure out how to get Open Firmware to boot the operating system(s) of
|
|
your choice. First, try to get
|
|
.Nx*M
|
|
running. Using the methods described in the section
|
|
.Sx "Examples of Open Firmware boot commands"
|
|
figure out the boot command for your installation of
|
|
.Nx .
|
|
Try booting. Once you've got the syntax worked out, decide which operating
|
|
systems you'll be using regularly.
|
|
.(bullet
|
|
.To 2 "Booting NetBSD exclusively"
|
|
.Em "Booting NetBSD exclusively"
|
|
.br
|
|
If you'll only be using
|
|
.Nx
|
|
on your \*M system, then simply set the Open Firmware
|
|
.Sq Li boot-device
|
|
and
|
|
.Sq Li boot-file
|
|
variables to the values you just determined. Also, you might want to
|
|
enable the system to always boot
|
|
.Nx
|
|
when powered on or reset. Once you set up auto-booting you can get to
|
|
the Open Firmware prompt again by using the
|
|
.Xr shutdown 8
|
|
command to halt the system.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you are not using a
|
|
.Sq "partition zero"
|
|
style boot scheme (e.g. Open Firmware 3 models), then you would type
|
|
something like the following:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv auto-boot? true"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-device ide0/disk@0:8,\eofwboot.xcf"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-file ide0/disk@0:13,/netbsd"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "reset-all"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The last command resets the system so that these settings are stored.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If you are using a
|
|
.Sq "partition zero"
|
|
style boot scheme, you would type something like the following:
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv auto-boot? true"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-device scsi/sd@0:0"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-file netbsd"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "reset-all"
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.disp)
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.Pp
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Replace
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.Ic scsi/sd@0:0
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with the actual device you will be booting from.
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.It
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.To 2 "Additional Open Firmware tips"
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.Em "Additional Open Firmware tips"
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.br
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If you find that your system tries booting before your hard drive has
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spun up, try one of the two following
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.Sq Li boot-command
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|
settings:
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.Pp
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.(disp
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-command catch 5000 ms boot"
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.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-command begin ['] boot catch 1000 ms cr again"
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|
.disp)
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.Pp
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|
Also, you may be able to pause a system at the Open Firmware prompt
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if you have
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.Sq Li auto-boot?
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set to
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.Sq Li true
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|
by holding down any key while the system is resetting. Set the
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|
following
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|
.Sq Li boot-command
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|
(this may not work on system with Open Firmware 1.0.5) (this method should
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|
interrupt booting, even when holding down any key while using a serial
|
|
console):
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|
.Pp
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|
.(disp
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|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv boot-command key? invert if boot then"
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|
.disp)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Booting NetBSD and MacOS X or Darwin"
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|
.Em "Booting NetBSD and MacOS X or Darwin"
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.br
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|
Alas, this takes a little more work. Usually, when you select a system
|
|
to boot in the
|
|
.Dq "Startup Disk"
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|
panel of the
|
|
.Dq "System Preferences"
|
|
application, it stores the Open Firmware path to that device in the
|
|
.Sq Li boot-device
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|
variable. So, instead of writing the
|
|
.Nx
|
|
device path to Open Firmware, you'll store the paths to your operating
|
|
systems in NVRAM. Open Firmware cannot deal with nested
|
|
.Ic devalias
|
|
entries. You must, therefore, enter the
|
|
.Em entire
|
|
path to your device. See the
|
|
.Nx*M
|
|
.Ic nvedit
|
|
HOW-TO for more help:
|
|
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/nvedit.html
|
|
.Pp
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "printenv boot-device"
|
|
boot-device /pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/@0:10,\e\e:tbxi
|
|
ok
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "nvalias osx /pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/@0:10,\e\e:tbxi"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "nvalias bsd /pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/@0:9,ofwboot.xcf"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "nvstore"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "setenv use-nvramrc? true"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "reset-all"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.Pp
|
|
Now, when the system is reset, it will stop at the Open Firmware prompt
|
|
and you can type one of the following to boot an operating system:
|
|
.(disp
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot osx"
|
|
.No 0 \*[Gt] Ic "boot bsd"
|
|
.disp)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Booting NetBSD and MacOS 9 or earlier"
|
|
.Em "Booting NetBSD and MacOS 9 or earlier"
|
|
.br
|
|
For Open Firmware 3 systems, the procedure is identical to the section
|
|
above on
|
|
.Sx "Booting NetBSD and MacOS X or Darwin"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
For older systems, you're in for more hassle. Booting an Open Firmware
|
|
1.0.5, 2.0.x, or 2.4 system into
|
|
.Tn MacOS
|
|
9 or earlier will erase some or all of your Open Firmware settings. Try
|
|
it and see which Open Firmware variables survive.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If only
|
|
.Sq Li real-base
|
|
is lost, you can compile a kernel that does not require changing the
|
|
.Sq Li real-base .
|
|
Just build a kernel that is less than 4 MB uncompressed. This is easy if
|
|
you remove all of the USB devices from the config file. Once you've got
|
|
a smaller kernel, just follow the procedure in the section above on
|
|
.Sx "Booting NetBSD and MacOS X or Darwin"
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If everything is lost when you boot into
|
|
.Tn MacOS
|
|
9 or earlier, you will need to make a custom BootVars
|
|
configuration that you run before trying to boot
|
|
.Nx*M
|
|
since System Disk does not preserve enough information when it saves a
|
|
configuration.
|
|
.(enum
|
|
If your system supports System Disk, run it and click
|
|
.Dq Save
|
|
to install the NVRAMRC patches.
|
|
.It
|
|
Run BootVars, click the
|
|
.Dq "All Variables"
|
|
button.
|
|
.It
|
|
Fill in
|
|
.Sq Li real-base ,
|
|
.Sq Li boot-device ,
|
|
.Sq Li boot-file ,
|
|
.Sq Li input-device ,
|
|
and
|
|
.Sq Li output-device .
|
|
.It
|
|
From the
|
|
.Dq File
|
|
menu, pick
|
|
.Dq Save .
|
|
When you run this file, it will load BootVars with all your settings. To
|
|
boot
|
|
.Nx
|
|
click the
|
|
.Dq "Write&reboot"
|
|
button.
|
|
.It
|
|
Now your system will always boot
|
|
.Nx .
|
|
To boot
|
|
.Tn MacOS ,
|
|
use the
|
|
.Xr shutdown 8
|
|
command to halt the system at the Open Firmware prompt and use the
|
|
Open Firmware
|
|
.Dq Li bye
|
|
or
|
|
.Dq Li mac-boot
|
|
command to boot
|
|
.Tn MacOS .
|
|
.enum)
|
|
.It
|
|
.To 2 "Other boot techniques"
|
|
.Em "Other boot techniques"
|
|
.br
|
|
See the FAQ for some vague information on how to use the Linux
|
|
.Ic yaboot
|
|
system to boot
|
|
.Nx .
|
|
.Lk http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc/faq.html#yaboot
|
|
.bullet)
|