Re: Netbooting a blue and white G3

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

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Hello,

On Oct 14, 2009, at 10:06 PM, T. M. Pederson wrote:

> > Like I said, if I find an easier way, I'll try to write something for
> > the FAQ. I don't know enough about Macs to know if what I'm doing is
> > only specific to the blue and white G3 or not.
>
> It's not. It's about the same as what I've run into on OF 3 machines  
> in
> general.

The easiest way is:
- - put ofwboot.xcf into your OSX boot partition, that way you don't  
have to mess with a FAT or whatever fs ( I seem to remember you  
mentioned having OSX on that machine )
- - create the NetBSD partitions with OSX. No need to format them with  
anything, just create them and write down the partition number for  
what you intend to become your root ( /dev/disk1sx where x is the  
number you want )
- - netboot into NetBSD, change the partition types to UNIX or whatever,  
doesn't really matter what as long as it keeps OSX from attempting to  
mount them, put a matching disklabel in place ( should be more or less  
automatic ), newfs, unpack, etc.
- - boot hd:ofwboot.xcf ultra1:x/netbsd with x being the number you  
wrote down above, and ultra1 being the devalias for your NetBSD disk.  
On my beige G3 it would be ide1, on my G4 it's ultra1, the iBook uses  
hd1 IIRC - no idea what it would be on a b&w G3, just look at your  
devaliases. But hd should point at the first OF readable partition on  
the first disk on any OF3 machine.

have fun
Michael

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