6100's are nubus machines (pre PCI) and are not directly supported by any distro. If you want to run this machine go to http://nubus-pmac.sf.net Supports Debian, YDL, LinuxPPC, and MkLinux. I beleive the 6100 is one of the better supported machines.
cheers, Paul Jesse Goerz said at �6100/60�. [14/Jul/01Sat 09:58] > I just got a part time job where I'm working with powerpc's at > work. We are > currently running yellow dog linux on our servers. I'd like to > convert to > debian but I'd like to try it out on a non critical machine first. > Packed > back in the closet they have a couple of powerpc 6100/60 computers > with zip > and cd-roms. > > Being a complete newbie to macintosh's I was wondering if I > downloaded the > debian-ppc distro how it would fair on these machines? I don't > have a clue > as to what the hard drive or ram is like yet (the system > administrator says > he thinks the hard drives are only 40MB but he's not sure, no > documentation > in sight). > > In addition, if you guys could point me to some FM so I can RT that > would be > great. (we also have about 5 old Macs that only have floppy > drives, if this > turns out ok, maybe I can convince him to give them to me;-) can > you say > cluster experiment;-) > > Anyway, any help or pointers you guys have would be great, > especially with > regard to the 6100/60s. > > Regards, > Jesse > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |------- |www.tough.net.au |____________ -- get tough ---- get toughmail --
