At 6:32 AM +0300 9/7/00, Detelin Batchovski wrote:
>3. I have not Apple keyboard, so I use PS/2 keyboard (104 keys).

This might or might not be a problem.

>In http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html I read that PowerBase
>systems are supported, with remarks "output-device
>/bandit/ATY,mach64_3D_pcc".
>But I can't enter to OpenFirmware. Do anyone know how I can enter
>OpenFirmware ?

You will probably need to spend some time studying OF.  The simple 
answer for how to enter is to hold cmd-opt-O-F all down together 
after a restart (before the tone ends).  That *may* start OF on a 
serial line or some unknown device instead of the keyboard/screen you 
are sitting at.

In order to get into OF usefully you may need either Apple's system 
disk utility or else the boot variables utility.  In those cases then 
make sure that the output device is set to /bandit. . . as you noted 
above.  Set input device to 'kbd' and see if your PS/2 keyboard is 
recognized.  Otherwise you may need to connect a termina to one of 
the serial lines and do a 'dev / ls' or 'devalias' to see what to 
call your keyboard inside OF.

Some experimentation is likely to be needed.

>Can anyone tell me what steps do I must make to install NetBSD ?

There's a pretty long install document.  Of course it may not be 
completely up to date.  Make sure you check the FAQ as well. 
Unfortunately we don't have all the installation tools we want 
complete yet and some of the current procedure depends a lot on which 
exact revision of machine you are working on.

Good luck.  If you want some more help please try to be a little more specific.


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