Re: Compatibility
On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 11:26:32PM +0000, Chris Ball wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I've been pondering installing deb/ppc on a PowerMac 6100/60 that's just
> been returned to me after a year or so of being loaned to a friend. Is
> this going to be okay? The installation pages linked to from the ports
> section of debian.org don't mention the 6100, only the later powermacs.
> As far as I can remember, the 6100 was the first powermac that Apple
> released, and uses the 601 PPC chip, and (possibly) has a PCI bus. Can
> anyone advise?
Sorry, but not easily it won't. No PCI bus. You can install most of
the user tools by hand on top of a MkLinux kernel if you really want
to.
I think that normal kernel support for these machines has actually been
evolving, but I don't know its state at present.
Dan
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