i've read and, AFAICT, followed all the install instructions for macppc and cannot get a blue and white G3 to boot from a PCI-attached SCSI disk after performing the install. below is an account of what i tried and the results.
to start, the first install from CD didn't quite work since i deleted the i partition onto which the ofwboot file must go (habit from doing i386 installs), meaning there was no chance that the machine would reboot correctly. a reinstall followed and issuing a "D" during the disklabel session brought the i partition back into the table, as desired. the rest of the install went without event and i thought that all was well, but the same old folder w/ the finder face and question mark popped up. apparently i had overlooked the part about setting the boot device in the Open Firmware. once in the OFW, which is version 3.1.1 on the machine in question, i set the boot-device as suggested in the install notes: setenv auto-boot? true setenv boot-device hd:,ofwboot reset-all once again the confused folder greets me. searching for "openbsd macppc scsi" brought me to a related netbsd page http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html where there is a section titled "How do I boot from a device attached to a PCI card?". the instructions on the above page suggest that i check if the PCI SCSI adapter has the words "open" and "show-children" listed after running the command 0 > dev /pci/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ADPT,[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0 > words which it does. then it suggests i set the boot-device to /dev/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ADPT,[EMAIL PROTECTED]:9,ofwboot, which makes sense from the perspective of telling the "BIOS" which disk to boot from. however, neither this boot-device setting nor the one with the 9 removed get me past the confused folder screen. please advise as to what i should try next. cheers, jake
