Re: Beige G3 webserver

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On May 1, 2008, at 16:22, Al - image hosting services wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> > I have the same model, didn't have any problem netbooting it from a
> > NetBSD/sparc box. Do the usual dhcp, tftp & nfs setup, then boot enet
> > on the G3.
>
> There is a mac dealer in town, so was able to get a G3 Beige  
> motherboard
> with Open Firmware 2.4. I still can't netboot (infact, I have not been
> able to make it boot from the drive that I setup with the B&W).

Again - firmware patches as described in the install notes. Without  
them you won't be able to boot NetBSD.

> > Don't forget the usual firmware patches, this version is funky even
> > by Apple's standards. The onboard SCSI controller is a 5MB/s mesh,
> > you /will/ want something faster.
> > Oh, and you will definitely not want to use the onboard ethernet for
> > anything else than netbooting.
>
> I have alot of firmware updates, but I don't have any firmware  
> updates for
> the G3 Beige. From what the guy said that I got the motherboard from,
> there are no firmware updates for Open Firmware 2.4. I see a NetBSD  
> 1.05
> patch, but not a 2.x (of course, I could be missing something). What
> firmware patches did you apply?

I didn't talk about firmware updates and 2.0f1 works just fine with  
the right patch installed.
Again - the easiest way is to boot the mac from an OSX install CD. It  
will bitch & whine about the machine not being supported etc. but it  
will install what we need to boot NetBSD.

have fun
Michael

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