At 6:44 AM -0700 on 07/27/02, Brian Futrell wittily wrote:
>On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:33:55 -0400
> Craig Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> When I look at a Quadra I
>> see the
>> $3000.00 mac I could not aford and lusted after for
>> years.
>
>When the Quadras first came out, I was not interested in
>Macs.... Heck, I barely knew anything about them.
>
>When I see an older Mac, it gives me a chance to do
>something that I would like to do with my 9500, but don't
>want to due to the data I keep on it.
>
>As an example, I would like to try Linux on a Mac. I have
>installed Red Hat 7.3 to a Wintel box, and have tried to
>install Yellow Dog to the 9500. However, installing YDL to
>the 9500 keeps me from my email, financial information,
>etc. for several hours in the hope of getting a working PPC
>Linux install. So far I have not had much luck with YDL.
>:<
>
>On the other hand, if I get a Quadra for $10 or so from a
>thrift store and get it running, if it sits for a few hours
>while I install (or try to install) Linux, it's not a big
>deal. If I make the MacOS partition of the Quadra useless
>after the install, it's not a big deal. My data isn't on
>it.
>
>I just see them as a chance to try things I normally
>wouldn't do.
>
>Brian Futrell
>
What you would be better trying on a Quadra {assuming it has the 68040 that
has the fpu built in] is install NetBSD or OpenBSD both of which come in 68k
versions and both of them BSD versions of Unix. Not quite the same as Linux,
but more standard actually. :-}
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