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In favor of NetBSD

i will tes5 FW for you.
driver bwi was included with netbsd 6, it should work for the Airport Card. But Ingried all difßferent Variants for the Option of wpa_supplicant, rc.conf etc.
 
Regarding FW on netbsd, I tested a FW400 Harddrive, formatted with OSX hfs+, maybe it Thuner-Volman is missing, but its not in the repo.

check the code:

Code: 
Apr  5 06:55:15 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.1620027] ieee1394if0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1 cable IRM irm(1) (me)
Apr  5 06:55:15 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.1620027] ieee1394if0: bus manager 1
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6220042] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: split transaction timeout: tl=0x1f flag=0x04
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6220042] send: dst=0x00 tl=0x1f rt=0 tcode=0x4 pri=0x0 src=0x000
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6220042] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: node0: error reading 0x04
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6820047] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: unknown response RRESQ(6) src=0xffc0 tl=0x1f rt=1 data=0xe0d001f4
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6920066] fwohci0: autoconfiguration error: txd err= 3 miss Ack err
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6920066] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: fwdev->speed(S800) decremented due to negotiation
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6920066] ieee1394if0: New S400 device ID:0001d202e0d001f4
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7020070] sbp0 at ieee1394if0: SBP-2/SCSI over IEEE1394
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] scsibus0 at sbp0: 1 target, 0 luns per target
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] sbp0: ordered:1 type:14 EUI:0001d202e0d001f4 node:0 speed:2 maxrec:8
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] sbp0: sbp0:0:0 'inXtron, Inc.' 'OEM ATA Device 00' '000120'
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] probe(sbp0:0:0:0): generic HBA error
Apr  5 06:55:18 geekbook /netbsd: [ 604.3620135] sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <inXtron,, OEM ATA Device 0, 00> disk fixed
Apr  5 06:55:18 geekbook /netbsd: [ 604.3620135] sd0: fabricating a geometry
Apr  5 06:55:18 geekbook /netbsd: [ 604.3620135] sd0: 1863 GB, 1907729 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 3907029168 sectors

I could not locate the FW drive on my desktop . . . when I tried to mount the drive the "bad Superblock" appears. under OSX the drive is recognized.
 
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saxfun said:
Regarding FW on netbsd, I tested a FW400 Harddrive, formatted with OSX hfs+, maybe it Thuner-Volman is missing, but its not in the repo.

check the code:

Code: 
Apr  5 06:55:15 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.1620027] ieee1394if0: 2 nodes, maxhop <= 1 cable IRM irm(1) (me)
Apr  5 06:55:15 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.1620027] ieee1394if0: bus manager 1
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6220042] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: split transaction timeout: tl=0x1f flag=0x04
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6220042] send: dst=0x00 tl=0x1f rt=0 tcode=0x4 pri=0x0 src=0x000
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6220042] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: node0: error reading 0x04
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6820047] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: unknown response RRESQ(6) src=0xffc0 tl=0x1f rt=1 data=0xe0d001f4
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6920066] fwohci0: autoconfiguration error: txd err= 3 miss Ack err
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6920066] ieee1394if0: autoconfiguration error: fwdev->speed(S800) decremented due to negotiation
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.6920066] ieee1394if0: New S400 device ID:0001d202e0d001f4
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7020070] sbp0 at ieee1394if0: SBP-2/SCSI over IEEE1394
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] scsibus0 at sbp0: 1 target, 0 luns per target
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] sbp0: ordered:1 type:14 EUI:0001d202e0d001f4 node:0 speed:2 maxrec:8
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] sbp0: sbp0:0:0 'inXtron, Inc.' 'OEM ATA Device 00' '000120'
Apr  5 06:55:16 geekbook /netbsd: [ 602.7120075] probe(sbp0:0:0:0): generic HBA error
Apr  5 06:55:18 geekbook /netbsd: [ 604.3620135] sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <inXtron,, OEM ATA Device 0, 00> disk fixed
Apr  5 06:55:18 geekbook /netbsd: [ 604.3620135] sd0: fabricating a geometry
Apr  5 06:55:18 geekbook /netbsd: [ 604.3620135] sd0: 1863 GB, 1907729 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 3907029168 sectors

I could not locate the FW drive on my desktop . . . when I tried to mount the drive the "bad Superblock" appears. under OSX the drive is recognized.
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Thank you. This is really disappointing. The main reason I thought to have NetBSD over OpenBSD was FW support…
 
pipetogrep said:
I’m sorry but you’re in territory that I haven’t covered yet. I am fortunate to have working CD drives. Maybe ask in the NetBSD IRC channel.
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Well, if someone comes up with a reproducible procedure to install NetBSD without relying on an internal DVD-drive, I am interested.
 
barracuda156 said:
Well, if someone comes up with a reproducible procedure to install NetBSD without relying on an internal DVD-drive, I am interested.
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Perhaps installing in QEMU PPC and dd'ing the image to a physical disk with an IDE to USB adapter?
 
pipetogrep said:
Perhaps installing in QEMU PPC and dd'ing the image to a physical disk with an IDE to USB adapter?
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Well, finding a USB-connectable DVD drive would be easier, but I hoped for installation to work in a way it is supposed to rather than having to get special tools and set up Qemu just to hack this through.
 
@barracuda156 if I understand you correctly you want to install netBSD without a CD/DVD Drive? I did install netBSD with dd‘ing the image to an USB Stick, booting from it and installing it from there with some quirks, but at the end successful.
 
saxfun said:
@barracuda156 if I understand you correctly you want to install netBSD without a CD/DVD Drive? I did install netBSD with dd‘ing the image to an USB Stick, booting from it and installing it from there with some quirks, but at the end successful.
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Failed for me both with a USB drive and a FW stick. (I don’t have a USB stick, but an external HDD should functionally be the same, and it was recognized.)
 
What I ended up doing for my NetBSD install was dropping the installation kernel to an HFS volume and telling OF to boot it with a USB plugged in (but not booting from it). NetBSD should pick the USB up as an installation source and you can proceed.

It's the same concept as with OpenBSD.
 
Doq said:
What I ended up doing for my NetBSD install was dropping the installation kernel to an HFS volume and telling OF to boot it with a USB plugged in (but not booting from it). NetBSD should pick the USB up as an installation source and you can proceed.

It's the same concept as with OpenBSD.
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I did it somewhat differently with OpenBSD, as I recall, but I can try this with NetBSD, thanks.
 
tried installing netBSD on a DLSD powerbook G4 with all the steps outlined, and set the boot variables and everything. however, the screen spazzes out like crazy and i can't really get anywhere further than that. it'll boot and everything, but netBSD just won't load correctly. do i need to set some display settings somewhere so it wont glitch out on me?
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alectrona6400 said:
tried installing netBSD on a DLSD powerbook G4 with all the steps outlined, and set the boot variables and everything. however, the screen spazzes out like crazy and i can't really get anywhere further than that. it'll boot and everything, but netBSD just won't load correctly. do i need to set some display settings somewhere so it wont glitch out on me?
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From the tutorial, did you include
Code: 
setenv boot-command ." hello" cr " screen" output boot
In the firmware params? That line is supposed to resolve that issue.

The whole thing should look like

Code: 
setenv boot-device hd:,\ofwboot.xcf
setenv boot-file netbsd.gz
setenv boot-command ." hello" cr " screen" output boot
reset-all
 
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