Re: install files on mac UFS partition (mac mini G4)

[Umberto Cerrato <u.cerrato%icloud.com@localhost>]

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> Hello Umberto,
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> On 01.11.21 19:22, Umberto Cerrato wrote:
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>>> I am trying to install netbsd 9.2 (or 9.0) on a mac mini G4.
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>> Cool !
>> I did it too, recently.
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> I read somewhere that the person who is working on the microwatt (open-source implementation of the Power ISA that has been open-sourced), that he gets a lot of responds of other people.
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> Apparently, there are quite a few people who really liked the PowerPC architecture. :-)
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Yes =)

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>> Well, I would suggest you to follow this guide https://jmmv.dev/2010/01/installing-netbsdmacppc-on-mac-mini-g4.html
>> If it sounds too complicated (should not be), tell us.
>> I think the easiest (if you had one) would have been to use a Mac OS X install disk form which create the HFS partition and move the boot loader into it.
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> I had already read that blog-post.
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> The problem is that, like most blog-posts, it starts from the assumption that you have a mac CD laying around.

To be honest, I pasted that link because I think (I really think), that the author does not mention neither uses a Mac OS installation DVD.
In fact, he does a quite long round by fetching a copy of pkgsrc (the netbsd package manager) to install the hfsutils to format the HFS partition, mount it and copy the bootloader into it.

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> But, as said, this box hasn't run mac for years. It ran linux until debian stopped supporting the pp.
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> I think we did arrive at a point where people who now try netbsd/macppc have probably received an old device from somebody, or bought if on ebay; .. so do have the MacOSX CDs anymore.
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>> Cheers,
>> umc
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> Kristoff
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-u