Re: HEAD install: unrecognized Client Program format

["Joel CARNAT" <joel%carnat.net@localhost>]

Hi,

Le Lun 1 septembre 2008 18:19, Michael Lorenz a écrit :
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> Hello,
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> On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Joel CARNAT wrote:
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>> Le Lun 1 septembre 2008 16:48, RadosÃ?â??aw Kujawa a écrit :
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Joel CARNAT wrote:
>>>> I just tried to boot 4.99.72/macppc on my Mini G4 and it fails:
>>>> ##########
>>>> 0 > boot cd:,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc load-size=64b
>>>> adler32=64b0001
>>>> unrecognized Client Program format
>>>> ##########
>>> I successfully booted and installed 4.99.72 on Mini G4 yesterday.
>>>
>>> $ uname -a
>>> NetBSD c0ff33.net 4.99.72 NetBSD 4.99.72 (GENERIC) #0: Fri Aug 29
>>> 03:42:23 PDT 2008
>>> builds@wb27:/home/builds/ab/HEAD/macppc/200808280002Z-obj/home/
>>> builds/ab/HEAD/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
>>> macppc
>>>
>>> However, I did not boot from CD. I copied ofwboot.xcf to HFS
>>> partition,
>>> and netbsd kernel to old FFS partition. Also, I did not use load-size
>>> and adler32.
>>>
>>
>> I didn't either :)
>> I entered "boot cd:,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc" then hit ENTER.
>> Every other output is from the PROM.
>
> I've seen this on a G3 iMac - OF would refuse to run ofwboot.xcf from
> cd ( spewing some completely bogus error message, I think it was the
> same as you got ) but the exact same binary, copied to a HFS+
> partition, Just Worked(tm).
> Maybe it helps to play with the command line syntax, Apple OF is
> weird in more than one way. There's a small chance that boot
> cd:ofwboot.xcf will work. Also, you don't need to specify the
> kernel's file name, ofwboot will try some well known names.
>

 "boot cd:ofwboot.xcf" does not work better :(

When I tried netbsd 3.1, it just worked out of the box (or the CD ;)
but since netbsd-4 and above, I always get issues booting the CD.

Regards,
    Jo