Hi
I have an Orig G3 as well, and the only way to get started with NetBSD 
is to use the floppies... CD's never worked for me!

and you'll probably have to make a couple of floppies as floppies as 
media... is somewhat.. hmmm.. could be better!

good luck!

Den 26/10-2005, kl. 9.43, skrev Neal Nelson:

>
> On 25 Oct 2005, at 19:33, Michael wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>>> 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!.
>>
>> Did you forget to update the bootblock? The 1.6.x bootblock can't 
>> load a
>> 2.x kernel. The problem with 2.x CDs is known, no idea if anyone fixed
>> it yet.
>>
>>> Does NetBSD 2 actually still run on G3s or should I just give up?
>>
>> It should work just as well ( or better ) as 1.6 did.
>
> Ah, I did in fact not update the boot block. I was following the 
> instructions in the manual and it didn't say anything about that. I'll 
> have to reinstall the 1.6 kernel from the CD again and then try to 
> update the system again.
>
> I seem to recall that the last time I tried to install 2.0 I had to 
> boot from floppies and then it seemed to install OK but it never 
> booted from the hard disc. Hopefully this has been fixed in -current, 
> which is what I downloaded yesterday and failed to install properly.
>
> Thanks for the help. I'll give it another go again today and see how 
> it goes.
>
regards
niels