On Tuesday 29 October 2002 06:44 am, Amal Phadke wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:20:21PM -0800, ben wrote: > > yo list, > > > > i've got 48 hours to mess with someone else's 6100/60 mac box and need to > > know if debian can be dual-booted on that arch, running mac os8.1. i've > > only used dual-boots on pc's up to now. 4 hours of googling isn't getting > > me the answers i need. i don't have the system disks for the mac os, so i > > need to do it right, or not, at all. all hints and clues greatly > > appreciated. > > > > ben > > The short answer is NO. As far as I know, only micro-kernel Linux > (http://www.mklinux.org) works on 6/7/8100 series of Power Macs which > have NuBus instead of a PCI bus. PPC Linux requires PCI bus. I used > MkLinux about 5 years ago on a 8100 class PowerMac, but now I believe > MkLinux is practically dead. >
thanks for the response. yeah, it does seem that you're right with the short answer. it's all about the issue of nubus as opposed to pci. i eventually dredged up that info not long after i posted. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
