NetBSD on Mac mini (PPC)
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Here’re a few quick and dirty notes that describe how to install NetBSD on a Mac mini machine.
NetBSD 3.1 / macppc
Sources:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html#macmini
http://www.schmonz.com/2006/06/29/installing-netbsd-on-powerpc-mac-mini
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2001/09/02/0002.html
The disk will only contain NetBSD ; no Mac OS X installed.
Grab iso/macppccd-3.1.iso and burn it.
Extract ofwboot.xcf for macppccd-3.1.iso and build a “special” boot image
$ vnconfig vnd0 ./macppccd-3.1.iso
$ mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/vnd0a /mnt/cdrom
$ cd /mnt/cdrom
$ mkisofs -r -apple -o /tmp/macppccd-3.1-ofwboot.iso ofwboot.xcf
Boot the Mac, go to OF prompt and boot the NetBSD 3.1 CD-ROM.
Key strokes are “command+option+O+F”, which means “(Left) Win + (Left) Alt + o
- f” on my Logitech PC keyboard :-)
0 > boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
Escape to a shell (press Ctrl-C when asked “Terminal type?”)
Configure the network interface (gem0) and mount the NFS share (where the
“special” iso file was previouslt created ;). Write the “special” iso file to
the disk:
$ cd /mnt/nfs/jdoe/iso
$ dd if=macppccd-3.1-ofwboot.iso of=/dev/wd0c
$ exit
Proceed to the normal NetBSD installation.
“Choose your installation”: Set sizes of NetBSD partitions
In the disklabel summary, select “Show unused partitions”.
Remember to set a 1MB partition at the beginning of the disk:
a: 31456656 3024 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28088 # (Cyl. 3 - 31209)
b: 4194288 31459680 swap # (Cyl. 31210 - 35370)
c: 156301488 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 155060)
h: 120647520 35653968 4.2BSD 1024 8192 46624 # (Cyl. 35371 - 155060)
o: 3024 0 ISO9660 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 2)
Finish the install, reboot the computer and get back to OF.
Configure OF to boot NetBSD:
0 > setenv boot-command " screen" output boot
0 > setenv boot-device hd:OFWBOOT.XCF;1
0 > setenv auto-boot? true
0 > reset-all
Watch NetBSD booting… :-)
Enjoy !!!
Upgrade to NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 / macppc
Grab a daily binary from your local mirror and install the new kernel:
$ mv /netbsd /onetbsd
$ tar xvzpf kern-GENERIC.tgz -C /
Build a “special” iso file for 4.0_BETA2 and replace the previous ofwboot:
$ cd macppc/installation
$ mkisofs -r -apple -o ../macppccd-4.0_BETA2-ofwboot.iso ofwboot.elf ofwboot.xcf
$ disklabel wd0 > /root/disklabel.wd0
$ dd if=../macppccd-4.0_BETA2-ofwboot.iso of=/dev/wd0c seek=32 skip=32
$ disklabel wd0 # check if it still ok ;p
Cross your finger and reboot…
Install the rest of the distribution:
$ cd macppc/binary/sets
$ for i in base comp games man misc text xbase xcomp xetc xfont xserver; do
tar xzpvf $i.tgz -C /
done
$ mkdir /tmp/tmproot
$ tar xzpvf etc.tgz -C /tmp/tmproot
$ postinstall -s /tmp/tmproot check
# run the "postinstall" command as described by the previous command
$ etcupdate -s /tmp/tmproot
Cross your finger and reboot…
NetBSD 4.0 / macppc
Source: http://www.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/partitioning.html#pdisk
Grab the 4.0 iso file and burn it.
Use Win+Alt+O+F on boot to drop to OBP and boot on the CD:
0 > boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
[...]
erase ^H, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T
Terminal type? [vt100]
Erase is backspace.
(I)nstall, (S)hell or (H)alt ?
Start a (S)hell.
Initialize the disk:
# pdisk /dev/wd0c
Command (? for help): i
map already exists
do you want to reinit? [n/y]: y
Command (? gor help): P
Partition map (with 512 byte block) on '/dev/wd0c'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_Partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_Free Extra 156301424 @ 64 ( 74.5G)
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 (74.5G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Partition the disk:
Command (? gor help): P
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/wd0c'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_HFS boot 204800 @ 64 (100.0M)
3: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 2097152 @ 204864 ( 1.0G) S0 RUFS k0 /
4: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 524288 @ 2302016 (256.0M) S1 SFS k0 (swap)
5: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 usr 8388608 @ 2826304 ( 4.0G) S2 UFS k0 /usr
6: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 home 145086576 @ 11214912 ( 69.2G) S2 UFS k0 /home
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 (74.5G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Write the partition map and quit.
Create the FS:
# newfs /dev/wd0a
(...)
Prepare the root filesystem:
# mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
# mkdir mnt/etc
# cat >> mnt/etc/fstab
/dev/wd0a / ffs rw 1 1
/dev/wd0b none swap sw 0 0
^D
# umount /mnt
# exit
In the sysinstall menu, select “Re-install sets or install additional sets”
and proceed to install as usual.
Finish the install manually, using [Utility menu]/[Run /bin/sh]:
# mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
# cd /mnt/dev
# sh MAKEDEV all
# cd /mnt/etc
# cat >> rc.conf
rc_configured=YES
^D
# cd /
# umount /mnt
# exit
Reboot the computer and use Win+Alt+O+F on boot to drop to OBP.
Boot on the CD:
0 > boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
Open a shell, configure the network and mount wd0a as a chroot.
Install sysutils/hfsutils from a public FTP server:
# pkg\_add ftp://ftp2.fr.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/macppc/4.0\_2008Q2/sysutils/hfsutils-3.2.6nb1.tgz
Prepare the HFS (boot) partition:
# hformat -l boot /dev/wd0d
# hmount /dev/wd0d
# hcopy /usr/mdec/ofwboot.xcf :
# hcopy /netbsd :
# humount /dev/wd0d
Quit chroot, unmount every partition and reboot.
Use Win+Alt+O+F on boot to drop to OBP:
0> boot hd:2,ofwboot.xcf netbsd
Now that NetBSD booted correctly, save the parameters in OBF.
Reboot and Win+Alt+O+F on boot to drop to OBP:
0 > setenv auto-boot? true
0 > setenv boot-device hd:2,ofwboot.xcf
0 > setenv boot-file /netbsd
0 > setenv boot-command " screen" output boot
0 > reset-all
NetBSD 4.99.x / macppc
The NetBSD/macppc 4.99.72 iso doesn’t boot on my Mac Mini G4. I’ll use netbsd-4 iso file to install -CURRENT.
Grab and burn a netbsd-4 iso file.
Grab hfs-utils for netbsd-4, extract the binaries and make them available to
the mini (USB, NFS…)
# ftp ftp://ftp2.fr.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/macppc/4.0_2008Q2/sysutils/hfsutils-3.2.6nb1.tgz
Power-on the Mac Mini and issue Win+Alt+O+F on boot to drop to OBP.
Boot on the CD:
0 > boot cd:,ofwboot.xcf netbsd.macppc
Enter the (S)hell, initialize and partition the disk:
# pdisk /dev/wd0c
Command (? for help): i
map already exists
do you want to reinit? [n/y]: y
(...)
Command (? gor help): P
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/wd0c'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_HFS boot 204800 @ 64 (100.0M)
3: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 2097152 @ 204864 ( 1.0G) S0 RUFS k0 /
4: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 524288 @ 2302016 (256.0M) S1 SFS k0 (swap)
5: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 usr 8388608 @ 2826304 ( 4.0G) S2 UFS k0
6: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 home 145086576 @ 11214912 ( 69.2G) S2 UFS k0
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 (74.5G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Command (? gor help): W
Writing the map destroys what was there before. Is that okay? [n/y]: y
Command (? gor help): Q
Create the usr and home partition:
# disklabel -i wd0
partition> P
(...)
Create the filesystems and mount them:
# newfs -O 2 /dev/wd0a
# newfs -O 2 /dev/wd0e
# newfs -O 2 /dev/wd0g
# mkdir /mnt/root
# mount /dev/wd0a /mnt/root
# mkdir /mnt/root/usr
# mount /dev/wd0g /mnt/root/usr
# mkdir /mnt/root/home
# mount /dev/wd0e /mnt/root/home
Mount the NFS share where release and hfs-utils lies:
# mkdir /mnt/nfs
# mount -t nfs filer:/release /mnt/nfs
Install the files to root:
# cd /mnt/nfs/release
# for FIC in base etc man misc text; do tar xzpf $FIC.tgz -C /mnt/root/; done
# cd /mnt/root/dev && sh MAKEDEV all
Configure the HFS boot partition:
# cd /mnt/nfs/hfs-utils
To be continued…