I have thoroughly investigated this: the problem is HUGE:
NetBSD and the flavors of Unix-like OS's that I have tried all require one thing: PMMU or EMMU. The Rocket CANNOT do it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Fuerst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rocketeer List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:06 AM Subject: Re: Unix on Rocket pipedream. > We need to make this happen. I've had the pipe dream for a while myself. > > Matt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Rocketeer List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:53 AM > Subject: Unix on Rocket pipedream. > > > > Hi, > > > > I was thinking of getting some Stage Radius Rockets (see: > > http://lowendmac.com/myturn/2k1110.html) for my IIfx because they're just > so > > damn cool, but in order to justify laying out cold, hard for them, I have > to > > think up some use for them.... > > > > This brings me to Unix... Having several Quadra 950's running various Unix > > OSes within my IIfx is the kind of geek dream which makes it _very_ easy > for > > me to reach for the long-siffereing wallet. However, I'm 99.98% sure that > > trying to do this won't work - specifically I expect one of these three to > > happen: > > > > 1: Unix on the Rockets won't be able to use the host machines ports and > > accesories > > 2: Unix on the Rockets will be unable to interface with a ethernet card > > installed in the host Mac. > > 3: RocketShare will be unable to interface with the Rocket after it boot > > Unix causing things to Go Badly. > > > > If anyone has _any_ idea whether such a thing is possible, however, I > would > > love to hear about it because I'm having a very hard time letting this > idea > > go. > > > > Cheers, > > Adam. > > > > > > -- > > Rocketeer is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com > > <http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html> > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > Rocketeer list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/rocketeer.html> > > 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/rocketeer%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > > <http://www.applelinks.com> > > > -- > Rocketeer is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com > <http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Rocketeer list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/rocketeer.html> > 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/rocketeer%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > > -- Rocketeer is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Rocketeer list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/rocketeer.html> 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/rocketeer%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
