difficulties booting kernel from ISO on a 15" Powerbook

Hi,

I've attempted to use the macppc ISO images for each of the
following
releases.

* 2.1
* 3.0
* 3.1
* 4.0-BETA

and they all fail to load the NetBSD kernel from the CD,
failing with decrementer errors or invalid memory access.
This  
Powerbook is
a Powerbook3,5 1GHz G4 system.

The nearest thing to my difficulty that I've found on the
mailing
lists is this post..

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/03/25
/0001.html

I'm just asking the list if anyone has ever gotten a
Powerbook G4 to
boot from an official NetBSD ISO without modifications. I
don't
yet have a NetBSD installation anywhere that I can use to
try the patch above.

In any case, I'm grateful for any advice that can be
offered.

Cheers,
Mark Blackman

Yea I'm running unbuntu on my Dual G5 1.8 PowerMac until
this bug is
fixed ... God help me.  =/

~BAS

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 16:19 +0100, Mark Blackman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've attempted to use the macppc ISO images for each of
the following
> releases.
> 
> * 2.1
> * 3.0
> * 3.1
> * 4.0-BETA
> 
> and they all fail to load the NetBSD kernel from the
CD,
> failing with decrementer errors or invalid memory
access. This  
> Powerbook is
> a Powerbook3,5 1GHz G4 system.
> 
> The nearest thing to my difficulty that I've found on
the mailing
> lists is this post..
> 
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/03/25
/0001.html
> 
> I'm just asking the list if anyone has ever gotten a
Powerbook G4 to
> boot from an official NetBSD ISO without modifications.
I don't
> yet have a NetBSD installation anywhere that I can use
to
> try the patch above.
> 
> In any case, I'm grateful for any advice that can be
offered.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark Blackman
-- 
Brian A. Seklecki <bsekleckicollaborativefusion.com>
Collaborative Fusion, Inc.




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On 31 May 2007, at 18:07, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:

> Yea I'm running unbuntu on my Dual G5 1.8 PowerMac
until this bug is
> fixed ... God help me.  =/

hmm, ok, i guess i get to keep digging.


>
> ~BAS
>
> On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 16:19 +0100, Mark Blackman
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've attempted to use the macppc ISO images for
each of the following
>> releases.
>>
>> * 2.1
>> * 3.0
>> * 3.1
>> * 4.0-BETA
>>
>> and they all fail to load the NetBSD kernel from
the CD,
>> failing with decrementer errors or invalid memory
access. This
>> Powerbook is
>> a Powerbook3,5 1GHz G4 system.
>>
>> The nearest thing to my difficulty that I've found
on the mailing
>> lists is this post..
>>
>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2006/03/25
/0001.html
>>
>> I'm just asking the list if anyone has ever gotten
a Powerbook G4 to
>> boot from an official NetBSD ISO without
modifications. I don't
>> yet have a NetBSD installation anywhere that I can
use to
>> try the patch above.
>>
>> In any case, I'm grateful for any advice that can
be offered.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark Blackman
> --  
> Brian A. Seklecki <bsekleckicollaborativefusion.com>
> Collaborative Fusion, Inc.
>
>
>
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