The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/36891; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-macppc/36891: NetBSD-current 4.99.1 or later don't boot on PowerBook G4 (late 2004)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:35:30 -0400

 I tried your 4.99.1 kernel on my iBook G4 - loads fine, makes it all 
 the way to asking about the root filesystem. If I remember correctly 
 there was some change in that time frame which requires new bootblocks 
 - how old is your ofwboot.xcf ?