Bug#137717: boot-floppies: [powermac] unable to make system bootable on Beige G3
* Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore-devel.com> [2002-03-10 23:46]:
> Sorry, the reality is that old world (g3/beige is old world) cannot be
> made bootable in any sort of automated way. This is due to the
> problems with the hardware, the openfireware which is so unbelievably
> bad, and the linux tools (e.g., quik) support for them.
Well, NetBSD works fine including booting. So maybe the install notes
could redirect folks interested in a free Unix-like OS on beige G3
Macs to
http://www.netbsd.org
Cheers,
Nils
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