[nycbug-talk] I'm new here - Anyone with netbsd on powerbook G3 experience?

[Jesse Callaway]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Jesse Callaway <bonsaime at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Badiane Ka <badiane_ka at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I have the tftp server setup and functioning.  The machine receives DHCP
>> information and gets the kernel and boots to the install.
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>> Now this is the part where I've hit a wall.  I can not go beyond the
>> partitioning.  I don't know where I'm messing up but that's were I stop
>> every time.
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>> Is there someone who would like to help me with this?  I don't want this
>> laptop to go to the garbage dump or lead and unproductive life.
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>> I would appreciate any possible help.  I can meet with anyone in Manhattan
>> and certain parts of Brooklyn and Queens.
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>> Badiane
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> I had a bad time partitioning too. I was using a G4. Not sure about pdisk,
> but bsdlabel and fdisk are not as helpful when on PPC architecture.
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> I don't know if the OSX install disc will load up on a G3 or not. If it
> does, then you are in luck! Boot up off the CD and use Disk Utility from the
> top-menu after selecting your install language.
> Partition as you would, but leave a small HFS partition laying around just
> in case you get around to making it bootable off the hard disk... that will
> be the next challenge if you do get the partitioning working for you.
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> -jesse
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Sorry, big qualifaction here.. I was using FreeBSD 7.1.

-jesse
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