Subject: powerbook g3
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Koen Jansen <Koen@kj-compu.nl>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/20/2003 09:52:34
Does anyone had any luck with a powerbook g3 series?

i have installed netbsd 1.6 successfully with the aid of TFTP/NFS (boot
enet:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.GENERIC_MD)
but i am not able to boot the hard disk from open firmware. (OF version
2.0.1)
i am able to get into a shell if i run it diskless with tftp/NFS and
then mount the HDD but im curios if there is an option to boot it from
the hd anyway.
but someone has told me that OF 2.0.1 can't boot from a hard
disk/floppy/cdrom etc. only from tftp or the MacOS rom.
i have already searched google.com and netbsd.org for answers but if i
type any of the following commands i found it comes with a DEFAULT
CATCH! or Cannot open device etc.

boot ata0/disk@0:0
boot pci/mac-io/ata0/disk@0:0
boot ata0

but if i do a devalias i can't find a disk@0:0 or similar. only the host
controller ata0 wich it is attached

Cheers, Koen

p.s. i don't have macOS on it because it was destroyed by someone who
doesn't know anything about mac's and i like netbsd alot more anyway
than MacOS (also at intel arch)