port-macppc: Re: How does one install NetBSD on a mac cube?

Subject: Re: How does one install NetBSD on a mac cube?
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/27/2001 11:03:15

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Vickie Jean- Charles wrote:

: I tried to boot off the ofwboot.xcf file on the cd using the following command:
:
: boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf
:
: And it told me it could not open the cd.

Are you using OpenFirmware 3.x or OpenFirmware 1 or 2?  The INSTALL document
describes how to determine this.

The "boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf" command is *only* valid for OpenFirmware 3.x (and
2.4); previous OpenFirmware versions require a very different boot command.

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