Re: Newbie looking for Linux distro for PowerMac 8100/80
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:25:56PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> Hi List
>
> For reasons I won't go into, I've been trying to install MkLinux PR1
> on a 8100/80 for about a month - belatedly I get the distinct
> impression that it has not been supported/developed for some time.
> Needless to say I'm struggling to get many functions/applications to
> work
>
> I've found a source for a "boxed" set of 6 CD's and documentation for
> Debian 2.2.r5. Before devoting the next month or so to trying this,
> can anyone advise whether this will run on the (ageing) PowerMac
> 8100/80.
I believe this machine is a nubus Mac, which isn't supported by the
standard linux kernel, only by the older mklinux kernel. You could
probably manage to use debian together with the mklinux kernel, but I doubt
it would be easy.
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David Roundy
http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
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