How to install NetBSD on a Power Macintosh 7300

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Installation notes

Install workaround for 3.0 on a Power Macintosh 7300

If you find you can't boot the 3.0 CD on your machine with Open Firmware 1.0.5. (This assumes you are familiar with NetBSD in general.)

  1. download and burn the 1.6.2 macppccd.iso
  2. download and burn the 3.0 macppccd-3.0.iso
  3. follow the 1.6.2 INSTALL.html to get to Open Firmware
  4. fixup the OF environment variables as described in INSTALL.html
  5. boot the 1.6.2 cd with the boot scsi-int/sd@3:0 command
  6. install a minimal system
  7. reboot into 1.6.2 (boot scsi-int/sd@0:0)
  8. gunzip macppc/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz from the 3.0 CD to /netbsd
  9. reboot into the 3.0 sysinst
  10. follow the 3.0 INSTALL.html to finish the install

For general details see the macppc www.NetBSD.org/ports/macppc macppc port page on NetBSD.org.

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