>Number:         27110
>Category:       port-powerpc
>Synopsis:       bootxx fails with DEFAULT CATCH! before starting ofwboot on Beige G3 OpenFirmware 2.0f1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-powerpc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 01 20:42:01 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Chris Tribo
>Release:        2.0 RC1 snapshot from releng 200409280000
>Organization:
>Environment:
Can't get it to load ofwboot, let alone a kernel
>Description:
Open Firmware, 2.0f1
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type: 
BOOT<return>
For Open Firmware serial I/O type:
TTYA IO<return>
 ok
0> boot ide0/@0:0
OF_open bootpath=ide0/@0
read stage 2 blocks: 0123456. done!
starting stage 2...
DEFAULT CATCH!, code=FFF00700 at %SRR0: 00E00040 %SRR1: 00080000
 ok
0>

real-base is F00000
load-base is 600000
boot-device is ide0/@0:0
nvram patches are from MacOS 9.2.2 StartupDisk control panel.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install 2.0 RC1 snapshot from an ISO9660 cdrom made with mkisofs -l -L -r -R

I can boot from the CDROM with boot ide1/@0:0,OFWBOOT.XCF;1 -a
then boot netbsd from the cdrom and point the root device at wd0a and everything works. I then ran installboot -m macppc -t ffs /dev/rwd0c bootxx ofwboot

There is no file named boot in / so I'm assuming ofwboot is the correct file for the secondary loader. There's no example of installing the boot strap in the installboot man page.

There's a post to the macppc mailing list from a G4 owner who looks to be having similar problems with ofwboot.xcf
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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