getting debian 3.0 up and running on the 7100/ 8100 series is not as bad as it sounds. i have done it over 5 times here -- so please contact me off list and i can walk anyone who is interested through it.
dylan on 03.1.16 0:19 PM, Clive Menzies at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 11:14 am -0500 16/1/03, Derrik Pates wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 09:06:13AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: >>> Incidentally, have you managed to read floppies at all? I haven't >>> spent much time on it 'cos I don't need floppy access; I couldn't get >>> it to work under potato either. Someone suggested it may be related >>> to SWIM II v SWIM III - I can't remember the details. >> >> Last I knew (when last I ran Linux on a NuBus-based PowerMac), SWIM2 was >> still not supported in any way, shape or form - there was no driver for >> it at all, and no one even pretended to know how to talk to it or >> anything. Unless that's changed, Linux won't see or talk to a SWIM2 at >> all. If you have a box with one, I'm sure there would be some happy >> folks if you could figure out how to talk to it. > > I fear this challenge may be beyond my meagre technical skills but > there may be someone who can ;-) > > Regards > > Clive
