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Re: [LUG] Mac Classic

 

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:17:09 +0000
dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I have recently came into possession of a Mac Classic.
> I'm going to try to tinker some more with it.
> Does anyone know if Linux will run on it? (m68k version I assume)
> If not, any *ux, or bsd? Cos it'd be nice to have something I can
> connect to - I may try to network the system using its serial port.
> 
> Cheers
> Dan

Hi Dan,

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.)

Grant.

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