Re: Issues with NetBSD 8.1 macppc

Well it seems 8.0 has no problems. It boots, shows strange symbols too but
screen switch black and then normal console shows up.
FYI I started 8.0 this way :

qemu-system-ppc -boot d -M mac99,via=pmu -m 1024 -hda
/srv/disk-images/mxqc1-test.img -cdrom /mnt/NetBSD-8.0-macppc.iso -net
nic,model=e1000,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:fa -net bridge,br=br0 -prom-env
'auto-boot?=true' -prom-env 'boot-device=cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc'
-vga std &


And 8.1 this way :

qemu-system-ppc -boot d -M mac99,via=pmu -m 1024 -hda
/srv/disk-images/mxqc1-test.img -cdrom /mnt/NetBSD-8.1-macppc.iso -net
nic,model=e1000,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:fa -net bridge,br=br0 -prom-env
'auto-boot?=true' -prom-env 'boot-device=cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc'
-vga std &

As you can see, except from the iso there no difference.
Forgot to mention on last mail but both iso generate this error while
booting :

font-adr: interpret: exception -13 caught
call-method 'usb-kdb-ihandles': exception -21


Possibly due to "via=pmu" but I don't think it related to the "strange
symbols issue".


On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 1:11 AM Martin Husemann <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 02:27:41PM -0400, Julien Savard wrote:
> > Is it possible the ISO in https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/8.1/
> still
> > RC1 ?
>
> Oops - indeed something went wrong here.
>
> Unfortunately the macppc and mac68k iso images need manual work during
> the release process, and apparently I made some mistake in that (not
> sure what actually happened, the binary sets on the ISO are the right
> ones, but the install kernel is the old one from RC1).
>
> I will rebuild those two releases and replace the images with fixed
> ones (and find out what actually went wrong and improve the documentation).
>
> You should, however, be able to install the correct release from
> that image anyway. Probably even better: during installation select
> http for the sets and point the installer at a daily build using the URL:
>
>         https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-8/latest/
>
> Martin
>