Subject: Re: NetBSD 3.0 and above broken on certain PowerPCs?
To: Hammond, Robin-David%KB3IEN <muaddib@databit7.com>
From: Michael <macallan1888@gmail.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/29/2006 22:48:58
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Hello,

> Yes most of the install media files for netbsd >1.5.x dont work for 
> many power pcs.

Works fine on my S900 and my iBook G4. Doesn't boot from CD on a 1st 
generation iMac but works fine when ofwboot.xcf is loaded from 
harddisk.

> My thinking is perhaps I can get an IOMEGA ZIP floppy disk working at 
> some point. With 96 MB of diskspace it would hold more than enough 
> data to boostrap netbsd3.0, if we assume a ramdisk can be created. You 
> can find the disks and drives cheaply at second hard stores and 
> probably on comp.sys.forsale for only a few dollars.

I have a ZIP drive in my S900. Booting from a DOS formatted disk 
doesn't work but the partition 0 method works just fine. Since I'm 
moving I already packed it up but if you want i can put a bootable 
- -current ZIP image online at some point. making your own isn't hard 
though, just treat it like a harddisk.

have fun
Michael
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