Over the easter days I was planning to resurrect my trusty ppc based Mac Mini and to replace the old OSX 10.4 with a newer, but still BSD-based operating system. The first try was to install OpenBSD, which went quite smoothly and without great hassles. Fine.

But, as I made my first steps into the unix land many years ago using NetBSD on my m68k based Amiga, I was eager to also have a look at the current NetBSD versions. Phew, that was one kind of a ride! There are a few obstacles to overcome when trying to install NetBSD/macppc on a Mac Mini, which made me learn a lot of new details about that hardware and about the boot process. So I thought I'd write a little bit about my experiences in case someone else (probably me) ever tries to install this combination again.