I'm trying (and failing so far) to install NetBSD/macppc 1.5.2 on a 
Beige G3 mini tower with Open Firmware 2.4.  Following the install 
instructions I downloaded the CD image and burned it to a CD with 
Toast under Mac OS.  I used SystemDisk to set the machine to stop at 
the Open Firmware prompt, set real-base and load-base (even though 
the default for load-base was already 600000), reset-all and tried to 
boot.

My first problem was that I couldn't get the computer to read the CD. 
After getting a few "can't OPEN" messages when I typed in the wrong 
device name, I figured out the CD was at "ide1/disk@0:0".  Using the 
boot command "boot ide1/disk@0:0,OFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.MACPPC" all I get 
back is "unrecognized Client Program format state not valid".

I've been trying all sorts of other things.  I browsed through the 
mailing list for possible solutions, and I found some suggestions for 
trying different values for load-base, but that didn't work.  I also 
tried writing a pure iso9660 format CD.  That worked a little better. 
I can get the computer to read the CD and load OFWBOOT.XCF, but it 
always stops after this:

	0 > boot ide1/disk@0:0,OFWBOOT.XCF NETBSD.MAC
	loader:  loading XCOFF
	tsize=C1C0 dsize=1500 bsize=1680 entry=600000
	SECTIONS:
	.text    00600000 00600000 0000C1C0 000000E0
	.data    0060D000 0060D000 00001500 0000C2A0
	.bss     0060E500 0060E500 00001608 00000000
	loading .text, done..
	loading .dataCLAIM failed

So what am I doing wrong?
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Eric Damien Berna
eric@thiel.com