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Need nvram patches for beige g3 OF 2.0f1
user name
2006-07-18 14:48:17
Hi,

I need a little help. My wife brought home a Power Macintosh
(Beige)
G3 Desktop 233 Mhz. I appears to be an early version. It has
openfirmware verson 2.0f1. Yes, I got into the openfirware
prompt
without any problems. I have no operating system or OS CD,
and the
harddisk did not contain a functional OS. I can't boot
NetBSD. I have
been reading the netbsd installation instructions, and found
that I
must install nvram patches without Mac OS to get this system
to boot,
using nvedit.

I don't have access to any Mac bootable install CD's.
However
I was reading a section in the faq for macppc that said the 
following:

**** Start ****

Once you've got the 0 > Open Firmware prompt on your
screen or
serial console, you can try installing NetBSD starting at
the
"Getting to the Open Firmware Prompt (Without using
Mac OS)"
section in the INSTALL notes. If your system can't boot
NetBSD,
then post to port-macppcNetBSD.org asking someone
to mail you
the nvram patches for your model. You can use your serial
console to paste the nvram patches into Open Firmware. See
the
NetBSD/macppc nvedit HOW-TO for help with this step. Once
you do
this, you should be golden.

**** End ****

So can someone please mail me the nvram patches for a 
Apple PowerMacintosh G3 (Beige G3, Revision 1, Open Firmware
2.0f1) please?

Trying to be golden. 

Thanks, 

Alan

Need nvram patches for beige g3 OF 2.0f1
user name
2006-07-18 16:06:12
I'm at work so I can't get a live one off of my system,
but I found  
this with some google-foo:


nvramrc
      hex
      : $D find-device ;
      : $E device-end ;
      : $L BLpatch ; : $R BRpatch ;
      : $X execute ;
      : $p 0 to my-self property ;
      : $a " /chosen" $D $p $E ;
      10 buffer: km
      dev kbd
      get-key-map km swap move
      $E
      : ck 0 do swap dup 3 >> km + c 1 rot 7
and << and or loop ;
      : bootr 0d word count encode-string "
machargs" $a
      8 0 1 ck if 0 and else f 29 3d 0 3 ck if 40 or then
then
      if bye else cr 20 0 do ['] boot catch drop 500 ms
loop then ;
      dev enet
      ' open constant $M
      : $M2 $M 710 - $X ;
      : rl -7D9D40 $X ;
      : chstat begin $M2 $M 14f8 - $X -7D6C20 $X rl 400 and
0= until ;
      : bmstat begin $M2 $M 13F0 - $X rl 100 and
until ;
      : xmt1 get-msecs $M 720 - ! chstat $M A00 - $X bmstat
chstat ;
      ' xmt1 ' WRITE 10 + l!
      62 ' READ 7 - c!
      : READ { _p _n ; _a } begin _p _n bead -> _a _a 2+
      if _p c 80 and 0= else 1 then until _a ;
      $E
      dev /packages/obp-tftp
      : $M over + ['] noop $L ;
      ' open E8 $M EC $M F0 $M F4 $M F8 + ' true $L
      $E
      dev /packages/mac-parts
      : $M -7E89E0 $X 8000 alloc-mem 4 -7E89E0 $X ;
      ' load 268 - ' $M $L
      $E
      dev ide0
      f3000038 constant $hfr
      : $M $hfr rl or $hfr rl! 10 ms ;
      : ata-enable 4 $M 80 $M 800000 $M 100 $M 20 $M 40 $M ;
      : $M2 use-ata-interface ata-enable true ;
      : set-device-ID set-drive-select ;
      : reset-atapi-bus reset-ata-bus ;
      ' open ' $M2 $R
      ' enable-bus ' ata-enable $R
      ' reset-ata-bus 2c + ' 2 $L
      $E
      dev ide1
      f3000038 constant $hfr
      : $M $hfr rl or $hfr rl! 10 ms ;
      : ata-enable 4 $M 80 $M 800000 $M 100 $M 20 $M 40 $M ;
      : $M2 use-ata-interface ata-enable true ;
      : set-device-ID set-drive-select ;
      : reset-atapi-bus reset-ata-bus ;
      ' open ' $M2 $R
      ' enable-bus ' ata-enable $R
      ' reset-ata-bus 2c + ' 2 $L
      $E
      dev scsi
      : $M ['] do-cmd + ;
      : $M2 5 us -5f0 $M $X ;
      : $M3 -710 $M f over $X $X ;
      -1AC $M ' $M2 $L
      100 $M ' $M3 $L
      1 124 $M !
      $E
      unselect-dev


You will probably have to roll your own pure ISO instead of
a hybrid  
to get it to boot on an old world mac as well.

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2005/11/18
/0001.html



On Jul 18, 2006, at 10:48 AM, A. P. Kennedy wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need a little help. My wife brought home a Power
Macintosh (Beige)
> G3 Desktop 233 Mhz. I appears to be an early version.
It has
> openfirmware verson 2.0f1. Yes, I got into the
openfirware prompt
> without any problems. I have no operating system or OS
CD, and the
> harddisk did not contain a functional OS. I can't boot
NetBSD. I have
> been reading the netbsd installation instructions, and
found that I
> must install nvram patches without Mac OS to get this
system to boot,
> using nvedit.
>
> I don't have access to any Mac bootable install CD's.
However
> I was reading a section in the faq for macppc that said
the
> following:
>
> **** Start ****
>
> Once you've got the 0 > Open Firmware prompt on
your screen or
> serial console, you can try installing NetBSD starting
at the
> "Getting to the Open Firmware Prompt (Without
using Mac OS)"
> section in the INSTALL notes. If your system can't
boot NetBSD,
> then post to port-macppcNetBSD.org asking someone
to mail you
> the nvram patches for your model. You can use your
serial
> console to paste the nvram patches into Open Firmware.
See the
> NetBSD/macppc nvedit HOW-TO for help with this step.
Once you do
> this, you should be golden.
>
> **** End ****
>
> So can someone please mail me the nvram patches for a
> Apple PowerMacintosh G3 (Beige G3, Revision 1, Open
Firmware
> 2.0f1) please?
>
> Trying to be golden.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>
>
> !DSPAM:44bd052b36711060613879!
>
>
>

Need nvram patches for beige g3 OF 2.0f1
user name
2006-07-19 03:11:13
>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Tribo
<ctribodtcc.edu> writes:

 Chris> I'm at work so I can't get a live one off of my
system, but I
 Chris> found this with some google-foo:

Thanks a lot! I did a google search but did not find
anything. I must
have used the used the wrong search terms. This looks like
fun.

What google search terms did you use?

Thanks again!

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