Subject: Re: Dual 500 G4
From: Jackson Damien (noveau99@mailandnews.com)
Date: Sat Feb 17 2001 - 10:23:48 MST
>At 9:33 AM -0700 2/16/01, Jackson Damien wrote:
>>At 5:26 PM -0800 2/15/01, Brandyn Webb wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am thinking of getting a dual 500 G4 to run linux/mol,
>>>and I'm wondering if anyone has had success with that combination,
>>>and which linux distro is best for that hardware (and mol).
>>>Obviously, I'd want it to utilize both processors (linux; it's
>>>fine if mol just uses one, just as long as it doesn't prevent
>>>linux from using the other). Anyone?
>>
> >So what kind of responses did you get on this one? I've been
>looking at the dual 450's myself and have been anxious to answer
>that very question.
Did you find if it was possible to run MOL on a dual processor
machine, just without dual processor support? Anybody have any info
on that?
> No response at all!
>
> I combed through older archives and see that the topic
>has come up before. There seemed to be interest, but it was never
>clear what was in the way. The last official word seems to be
>that mol simply does not work on multi-cpu machines at all; I was
>hoping this had been overcome...
>
> I could have the time starting in a few weeks to lend a
>hand, with the help of anyone in the know (so I don't have to
>tackle the problem from ground zero).
>
> By then, though, OS-X will be out. Is there any
>consistent sentiment for how Linux/mol will fare after that?
>My personal attraction to OS-X is simply a preference for
>microkernel vs. monolithic, plus industrial-strength support
>for hardware (DVD-R, etc..). Here's a question: How hard
>would it be to make Darwin run Linux (ppc) binaries, or to
>run mol? I just wonder if a Mach kernel with gnu trappings
>wouldn't be a more responsive, more reliable, compatible
>linux-equivalent (something like Hurd is trying to be)... plus
>mol for us mac heads, plus the option (since it's on the
>Darwin core), for those who want to pay, of running Aqua
>for commercial apps. (I guess a lot depends on the fine print
>of the Darwin license, and the true relative merits of the
>two kernels. Do any of you kernel hackers on this list have
>thoughts about this?)
>
> Please reply off-list if this is getting too off-topic
>for mol-general.
>
> -Brandyn
>
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>
> Things done at the last possible minute are thus done with the
> greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the
> most efficient means of doing things.
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