Re: Issues with NetBSD 8.1 macppc
Mark Cave-Ayland <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.macppc |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 06/10/2019 19:27, Julien Savard wrote: > Hi, > I'm facing some using when using NetBSD 8.1. > First : > NetBSD-8.1-macppc.iso is not usable under qemu-system-ppc. It boots but it keeps > showing strange symbols. > Second ( which might be related to the first ) : > I tried to boot NetBSD-8.1-macppc.iso on my Ibook G4. It does not shows any weird > symbols however when in main menu screen it shows "NetBSD 8.1 RC1" > > Is it possible the ISO in https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/8.1/ still RC1 ? Hi Julien, Don't worry about the symbols as these are a known issue - basically OpenBIOS doesn't include the spacing as part of the character set, and so the bootloader code to calculate the address of a glyph within the PROM is incorrect. However if you give qemu-system-ppc enough memory for the guest (-m 512) then it will boot and the console recovers when NetBSD takes over. ATB, Mark.