On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 22:59:56 -0700, Clark Martin said:
> I'm looking for recommendations on installing a version of unix (any
> flavor) on a 5300c. It's maxed at 64Mb and I have a 2Gb partition
> reserved
> for this. What are peoples experiences doing this?
I don't think you have too many choices... It looks like MkLinux would
be your best bet. LinuxPPC and PPC netBSD both require openfirmware, not
present on the early Powermacs. You could also run MacMinix on top of
Mac OS, I believe, but MkLinux is much more powerful. It looks like
MachTen would also supports the 5300, but it isn't free in either sense.
I used MkLinux on a PM7100 a few years ago-- I don't remember how much
memory it had but I don't think it was more than 64 Megs, and it ran
fine. At that point, support for expansion cards and such was pretty
poor, but that might not be a concern for a laptop.
http://www.mklinux.org/
A more complete listing of the free Unix clones is here:
http://www.azstarnet.com/~jemorrow/choices/html/macppc.html
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