Debian 68k?

Felix Jodoin yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed Jul 14 06:13:01 2004


Would a Performa 580CD work? Actually, I got it installed, but I cannot 
seem to actually boot it. net install, eh? Uh oh...

On 13-Jul-04, at 8:35 PM, David C. Hacker, DVM wrote:

> That is just a net install iso.  It downloads all of the rest on the 
> fly from the installer.  It works good if you have a solid connection. 
>  I have used debian on 68k macs.  The CLI works good, but gnome was 
> SOOO slow.  I was using a Quadra 660AV.  It was 25/50 mhz and had 64 
> MBs of ram.  Haven't fooled with it lately though.  For a CLI server I 
> think it would work great.  Or maybe using a lightweight windowmanager 
> like fluxbox or something.
> David C. Hacker, DVM
> On Jul 13, 2004, at 8:56 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
>
>> Mr. Nix:
>>
>> Ryan Nix wrote:
>>> Might be worth a try.
>>> http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/
>>
>> Actually, here is the image that interests me:
>>
>> <http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/m68k/current/>
>>
>> A distro for Motorola 680x0? In less than 100 MB?
>>
>> Sweet.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Clint
>> (who has 680x0 Macs cluttering up his guest bedroom)
>>
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