On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:28:04PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote: > >7.1 plain wouldn't have enough fat in it to run a ppc. > > Technically speaking you don't need any FAT code to run an OS on > a PPC. AFAIK, for example, NetBSD-mac68k will run fine on a PPC,
I believe I tried installing 7.1 with Updater 3 on a 6100 and it booted to the Finder. Unfortunately, no memory was available for launching applications. As per running the NetBSD/mac68k on a PowerPC: the emulator appears to be in software. From the perspective of a new world Mac, it is sure to fail because NetBSD would overwrite that area of memory. Then there is the issue of the emulated processor. Again, my understanding is that it is a 68LC040 -- which NetBSD doesn't much like (no math coprocessor and it is difficult to implement emulation for it). Does anybody have information on how the emulator layer works? It would be interesting to know what is emulated and what is not. Byron. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
