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dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> As I understand it you can install M68k Linux on it, but it's not an > easy task. Likewise for NetBSD. As I understand it the hardest part > is getting it to boot natively - having a small Mac partition that > contains a stripped down MacOS and a 'boot loader' application would > suffice. (I ran into similar problems with booting Linux natively on > my 'old world' PPC 5500/225 Mac.) Even with 68000? Are there tutorials somewhere?And that's no biggy, I did it on a New World Mac, I had Debian on the G3 233. I had to mess around with open firmware, place kernels and initrds in extra partitions I had to make... it's madness.
Not on a 68000, I gather it's to do with the lack of MMU in the CPU. There's always this... http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/MacAquarium/index.shtml Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html