> > When I read on I realized that I wouldn't be able to fit it on the 80Mb > > drive in the IIci I was thinking of trying it on. In fact a huge (by 68K > > Macs standard) amount of HD space is required. Also it sounds very > > complicated. > > A min of 20mb from memory, 80mb would be rather limiting. I've found the > 600mb I allocated to fall short. > > > So now I'm wondering if I'll just end up with a Mac that is so slow I > > won't want to use it. > > You must also have a token mac partition to boot from, the size and use > of both is up to you. > > > Does anybody have any experience with this sort of installation? > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual was a complete > enough reference for deb while > ftp://ftp.au.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5.3/mac68k/INSTALL.html#Installation%20of%20base%20files > filled the need for netbsd.
Don't! for! NetBSD! The outdated documentation all says to prepare and install NetBSD from MacOS using an installer and mkfs. This is asking for pain! Use the newer way (called sysinstall IIRC) that boots a ramdisk system from which to prepare the system from NetBSD. This hopefully also causes you to circumevent the notorious "root must be entirely under 1GB" problem, though that won't be that much of a problem with your 80mb disc. 80 MB is a bit short, since you need to keep a minimal MacOS partition to boot (at least in NetBSD's case) and also need space for swap and the base system (which is usually 40 MB for both the BSD's and Debian on Intel, but could be a bit smaller on 68k (no need for RAID tools etc)) But the IIci will be pain, speedwise. though if you can get a hold of a 68030/50 or 68040/33 (daystar both) it is bearable. (the accel seems to remove the 5 sec delay for even a simple "ls" somewhat) I bought the 030 accel for Euro 2, and the 040 for eur 5. (and a Sonnet presto for Euro 40, and that @$(&@*$( one didn't work) Also under NetBSD the console is annoying because the virtual framebuffer is crude and unoptimized and _slow_. So make sure that you have a network card and way to hook it to something with a ssh client. Then read the generic (non 68k specific) NetBSD manual to see how configure rc.conf to bring up network. (this is adding two or three lines to rc.conf and rebooting, but it is network device dependant, and very annoying if you have to research this at the moment you need it) -- Vintage Macs 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> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
