Well ... from my experience enything later that the 1.6.1 will not work =20=

on the Powerbook's that I have tried....
You will have to use two floppies ... and use "suntar" when using MacOS =20=

9... I could never get DiskCopy to work...
If you cannot find suntar... drop me a mail and i'll mail it to you...
BTW: make certain that the floppies are ok... should be obvious, but =20
often overlooked!

Den 24/2-2004, kl. 3.23, skrev Brian K.:

> I've been through the suggestions, all to no avail, so I'm going to =20=

> post the query again...
>
> Installing NetBSD onto a PowerBook 3400c/200... how was it done?
>
> Booting from the CD from the Open Firmware is not possible (from what =20=

> I've heard and tried).
>
> The recommended method was via floppy.
>
> So...
> Route 1 (Failed): Booting from an MS-DOS floppy (Ref.: =20
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.1/macppc/=20
> INSTALL.html#Booting%20off%20an%20MS-DOS%20floppy>) comprised of =20
> netbsd.INSTALL.gz (renamed to netbsd.gz) and ofwboot.xcf.  But that =20=

> didn't go anywhere because netbsd.INSTALL.gz is too big to fit on a =20=

> floppy by itself.
>
> Route 2 (Failed): creating a NetBSD install floppies (Ref.: =20
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6.1/macppc/=20
> INSTALL.html#Booting%20off%20the%20NetBSD%20install%20floppy>)
> tried with dd under Mac OS X Panther, chugged through just fine until =20=

> I actually tried to use the disks -- READ TIMEOUT errors
> tried with DiskCopy under Mac OS 9: it tried to make the disks, but at =
=20
> the end gave an error (-72) "The disk "boot1.fs" has a problem."
> tried with rawrite.exe under Windows 2000: chugged through just fine =20=

> too, but also READ TIMEOUT errors as with dd produced disks
> tried with different floppy disks - still err
>
> -- Open Firmware Screen --
> 0 > boot fd:0 -
> OF_open bootpath=3Dfd
> read stage 2 blocks: 01234READ TIMEOUT567. done!
> starting stage 2...
>
> >> NetBSD/macppc OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.7
> >> (autobuild@tgm.daemon.org, Tue Apr  8 14:55:46 UTC 2003)
> 3881664READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ =20
> TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ =20
> TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ =20
> TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@READ TIMEOUT@read text: Input/output =
=20
> error
> \
> Please remove disk 1, insert disk 2, and press return...
> READ TIMEOUT@open /netbsd.gz: Device not configured
> open /netbsd.macppc: Device not configured
> Boot:
> -- End of Open Firmware Screen --
>
> So...
> Thanks in advance, ... possibly.  =3D\
>
>
mvh/kind regards
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