Subject: Re: Install on a Beige G3 / OF 2.4
To: Fabrice Delambre <fab@nerim.net>
From: Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/05/2003 15:03:42
At 6:06 PM +0200 6/5/03, Fabrice Delambre wrote:

:)Here are my 2 cents after a 4-days struggle installing NetBSD 1.6.1 on a
:)Beige G3 running Open Firmware 2.4

Great!  Glad someone finally got a good OF 2.4 install with reproducible
results.

:)Note : loading the gziped kernel like mentioned in the examples from the
:)doc        didn't work for me.

Really?  OK -- I'll broaden that note in the INSTALL notes.

:)10/ At the OF prompt, type :
:)
:)setenv boot-device ide/disk@0,0

Surely you mean ide0/disk@0:0 not 0,0.

By the way, did you try ofwboot.xcf and netbsd-GENERIC_MD.gz on an HFS
partition?

Good job!

  -- MW