Aw: Re: Can't boot NetBSD on Powermac G5 (invalid memory access)

["Jost Menke" <cyberlab%gmx.de@localhost>]

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. März 2019 um 23:08 Uhr
> Von: "Michael" <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>
> An: "Jost Menke" <cyberlab%gmx.de@localhost>
> Cc: "Sevan Janiyan" <venture37%geeklan.co.uk@localhost>, port-macppc%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Betreff: Re: Can't boot NetBSD on Powermac G5 (invalid memory access)
> First, which kernel did you try to (net)boot? The GENERIC ones don't
> have G5 support. The ones that do are POWERMAC_G5 and POWERMAC_G5.MP.
> Second, how big is the kernel image you're trying to boot? For
> netbooting they must be no bigger than 4MB and a little bit ( not sure
> how much exactly, it's an undocumented Apple OF limitation ). Did you
> use -current ofwboot.xcf or something older? The older ones lack G5
> support.

I tried both POWERMAC_G5.gz and POWERMAC_G5.MP.gz. Do I need to gunzip them first? I used ofwboot.xcf from the 8.0 ISO. All on a small HFS partition.

Jost