> From: Neal Nelson <nealie@kobudo.homeunix.net>
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:12:11 +0200
> To: port-macppc@netbsd.org
> Subject: G3 PowerBook
> 
> I've been trying to install NetBSD 2.0.2 onto an original PowerBook G3.
> After many attempts to get it to boot I gave up and installed 1.6.2
> which worked fine. I then tried to do a binary upgrade to -current but
> this has failed. When I try to boot, the second stage boot loader runs
> but then I get a CATCH!.
> 
> Does NetBSD 2 actually still run on G3s or should I just give up? Maybe
> there's an easier way to upgrade from 1.6.2 as I was following the
> current documentation on the web site.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas about this I'd like to know as I have this old
> PowerBook that I want to use but it's proving troublesome.
> 

For what it's worth, I have NetBSD 2.0.2 installed on my PM7300/200 and it
runs flawlessly.   It's limited to 640x480 resolution on the 7300, but
that's tolerable if you have no ambitions of running X windows.

It seems unlikely that the NetBSD 2.0.2 builds would support the 604
processor and not the G3.