My response to follow as
william ahearn previously queried :
>compactors
>
>If one were to install a Debian potato on an SE/30 it
>would be silly -- no? -- to have more than 8 MB of RAM
>in the cute little bugger, eh? No 32-bit addressing.
>Or does it?
>
>william
william, I checked the Linux/m68k FAQ at:
<http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/docs/faq.php>
quote: "8. What about MODE32?
Mode32 is a fix required because the ROMS in several machines are not
32-bit clean. (SE/30, II, IIx, IIcx) Currently, I have no trouble
booting my IIcx without Mode32, but this was not always the case. If
you need it, it can be downloaded from www.apple.com. See the note
later.
As Mode32 merely fixes a ROM problem, it is not required for the
general operation of Linux on the Macintosh, just the bootup stage"
/quote
You'll probabally need it to boot, and well, Debian could make use of all the physical
RAM you've got.
I'm in the middle of the install on johnHenry (se30 8MB RAM w/ a 1GB Seagate
partitioned roughly 500mb MacOS, 400mb linux root, 100 linux swap.) As I don't have a
ppp connection still, I'm installing from the mac partion rather than a NSF.It's slow
going,
particularally as I have zero experience with unix, etc. and I guess more RAM in
JohnHenry wouldn't hurt :) .
I'm figuring it out on my own via web resources and a book loaner from Chebucto
Community Net: "LINUX: The Complete Reference", Ed. John Purcell, Pub. Walnut Creek
Cdrom <www.cdrom.com>. Haven't yet found a MacPenguinGuru (tm) in my area :) The
folks at
Chebucto are all pc hardware, and I haven't been fluent enough in linux to ask them
intelligent questions, though now that I've got something resembling Debian up on
"blackbird" the IIfx, and johnHenry is hammering away at dselect ... I oughta start
sort
ing some of this stuff out. Right now I'm trying to get a handle on packages &
dependencies & configurations.
I'd love to hear how it's going with your se30, write direct if the list is tired of
hearing about linux and the little macs that could...
ps. i guess you saw the parallel computing packages available in Deb...?
cheers. Scott
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