Re: Installing on a Power Macintosh G5

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 06:22:03PM +0300, Andreas Gustafsson wrote:
> Any hints?  Or if you have successfully installed NetBSD on a G5,
> what version of NetBSD was that?

I have (running current right now) but I am not sure if a GENERIC
kernel will work, I use POWERMAC_G5.MP.

We should add that kernel to the install images, it seems only two kernels
are there:

CDKERNELS=      netbsd-INSTALL.gz netbsd
CDKERNELS+=     netbsd-INSTALL_601.gz netbsd.601

(from src/distrib/macppc/cdroms/installcd/Makefile) 

I initially booted this machine by loading ofwboot.xcf from a CD and
then netbooting the kernel. Nowadays I use a FAT partition to load
ofwboot and the kernel (as my root filesystem is on a sata controller
that OFW does not know about).

Martin