Re: Troubleshooting netboot on a PowerMac G4 Cube

On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 03:00:13PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Martin Husemann <[email protected]> writes:
> > "Too big" for our bootloader, not physical ram. But load-base
> > is a good thing to try and could help here.
> 
> I'm a bit nervous about messing with that blind, seeing that the
> INSTALL document says you could permanently damage Open Firmware
> that way.  Could you enlarge a bit on your previous recommendation?

You can unpack the etc and base sets in an empty dir, goto dev/ and run
"./MAKEDEV all" there, add the kernel at export the result via NFS.
Then netboot the mac and when asked for the boot device answer with the
network interface name.

This should get you into a shell with / on the NFS share. Then just invoke
sysinst.

Martin