You'll want to go to the NetBSD/68k page: http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/
Read the documentation (folks say BSD folks are mean to folks who don't read the documentation; I've noticed that you're more likely to be ignored publicly but someone might contact you off-list), read the documentation again, try it out for yourself using the installation instructions then jump on the listserv here: http://www.netbsd.org/MailingLists/#port-m68k You're in luck ... IDE drive support for your machine was added a few months ago to the "current" release (I.E. not the 1.5.2 release, but the development release). Read about it on the port page URL listed first in my post. Search the mail archives for info on this -- I'm also new (but have two machines installed! Whoo-hoo!), so I'm not sure how you'd install this. Takeshi's e-mail address is in the news section, I bet he could point you in the right direction. You might have better luck getting 1.5.2 running on an external SCSI drive, repartitioning the internal IDE, and rebuilding your distribution on the IDE drive. But don't quote me on that. The MaX list on LEM is also a good place to hang out. BTW, according to the machine status page, there isn't support for onboard ethernet or NuBus ethernet ... I've never seen or used a Q630 personally (this from a guy with 17 Macs ;-) -- what kind of network card do you have in that box? Most Asante cards are supported -- I have one in my LC 475 (full 68040 upgrade), but it won't work on my generic "n-way" 10/100 switch (I need a plain 10BaseT switch or hub for the older Macs anyway) and there's a vague mention of this on Asante's site (which is odd, because their EN/SC ethernet-to-SCSI convertors work fine with that switch). Cheers, Dan Willson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, 12, 2002, at 11:22AM, MacDrivers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, >I've been using a Q630/8.1/36 mb RAM/20 gig HD as a headless file server for >photos & music. As the network transfer speeds are slow (way less than 10 >Mbps), I've been wondering if NetBSD would be any quicker. Any experiences >out there? Where should I look for NetBSD for 68k help? -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
