On 12 Jul, this message from Simon Vallet echoed through cyberspace: >> I don't really believe changing load-base makes a difference ... > > the NetBSD people say that this may help : > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-claim-failed
I'm not sure all their OF explanations are correct. For instance, CLAIM FAILED, I believe, indicates an error with allocating memory. DEFAULT CATCH, on the other hand, is the default catch-all action [sic] for all processor exceptions. The code shown with this message indicates what the exact problem was; it is the exception vector which you can look up in any PPC reference manual. > don't know if it is the same under Linux, thoug. There won't be any difference on the OF side... OF isn't changed by the OS :-) >> > Did _someone_ succeed to boot a beige G3 using quik ? >> >> It's been done, rarely. I think Michel Lanners is an example in >> the archives. Yes, but looking through the NetBSD pages, I seem to remember that: - my OF is version 2.0f1, i.e. not the same as yours, - the problem with quik showed itself as DEFAULT CATCH, not as CLAIM FAILED. The problem was with BAT mappings, making the processor load instructions from nirvana, resulting in a 0x300 exception (error decoding instructions). But now that I think of it, it would be _possible_ that the BAT mapping problem showed itself as CLAIM FAILED, since BAT's remap physical to virtual memory.... > Let's hope that he'll not be the only one :-) > > In case I don't succed, is BootX working reliably on G3's ? I have no idea, I'm lucky enough to not need BootX, and have gotten rid of MacOS... Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
