Re: PowerBook G3 + NetBSD LiveCD

["Ben Eisenbraun" <user=82@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:15:14PM -0500, Samuel Baldwin wrote: 
> without a LiveCD, it doesn't show the happy mac face). I've tried a 
> bunch of different key combinations, but no matter what I do, it goes 
> to 9.2. I can't change the startup disk because the NetBSD livecd is 
> greyed out when I try and select it. 

You have to monkey around a bit in Open Firmware to boot the PPC Macs with 
NetBSD. 

Find your model here: 

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/models.html

Check to see if there are any particular footnotes for the model. 

The basic Open Firmware info is here: 

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/SystemDisk-tutorial/

The FAQ has some relevant info as well: 

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/faq.html#boot-trouble

You can google for 'netbsd macppc boot cd' and get a bunch of hits from the 
mailing list.  I installed Netbsd on a blue & white Yosemite a few years ago. 
Once you get past the booting stage, it's a fairly straightforward install. 

-ben 

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