On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Randy Sandberg wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm trying to test network performace differences between Mac OS X and
> NetBSD. I'm using an AGP G4@450MHz as my base machine. It has 256MB RAM and
> two hard drives. One ATA (Western Digital - WD205BA-00AK) and one SCSI
> (Quantum Atlas 10K 18WLS). My SCSI card is an ATTO ExpressPCIUL2D.
> Presently, I've got Mac OS X (DP3) installed on the ATA drive. Once finished
> with my testing I'll wipe the ATA and install NetBSD.

What ide interface is the ATA drive on? NetBSD has a problem with the 646
IDE driver in Open Firmware. If OF has touched the 646, we can't boot off
of it.

> Will this work with the latest NetBSD version or do I need to do something
> special?

You'll need -current as support for the "uninorth" based G3's and G4's is 
recent. I _think_ the March 8th snapshot should work.

Take care,

Bill