Subject: Installing NetBSD on iBook (600MHz)
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Mark White <mjw@celos.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/08/2002 13:46:46
A couple of questions about installing on an iBook (dual USB
600MHz version), mostly born out of my mac ignorance, I
expect. I'm coming from a NetBSD/i386 background.
1. From the OF prompt, I can get it to load ofwboot.xcf
fine, but can't make it load the boot floppy image. My
understanding is something like this should work:
boot ultra0:5,ofwboot.xcf ultra0:5,boot.fs
but after the usual '>>' lines, it complains of inability
to find the file. It can boot a regular kernel .gz file
OK, although of course it panics without a root.
How do I make it load the install image?
2. Rather more generic question: is there any way of
repartitioning the disk for NetBSD without stomping on
the OSX bit? By default, it's all one big happy
partition; does there exist a method for resizing, or
should I just take a deep breath and re-install OSX from
media?
I'm using the 1.5ZA -current snapshot.
Mark <><