Re: mac 68k progress
Jason H. Reeves wrote:
>
> Has the debian-m68k distribution for the macintosh 68k systems
> progressed to the point of not relying on some version of MacOS being
No. What's possible with versions 16 and later of the booter is to
configure
the booter as an INIT application, running before most of the rest of
MacOS.
> installed? Is this going to happen sometime soon?
No, it's probably never going to happen. The kernel needs some information
about the machine (video base address, video resolution, Gestalt ID,
processor
type, FPU type, fairly low level stuff) in order to boot. This information
is
passed to the kernel by the booter, which can figure it out by asking the
MacOS.
MacOS 7.5.x was recently put in the public domain, look for it on the
Apple
FTP site.
Michael
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