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From: Gary Thomas <gdt@linuxppc.org>
To: Nathan Hurst <njh@drongo.anu.edu.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,
	linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org,
	marcos otero garcia <marcos.oterogarcia@luebeck.netsurf.de>
Subject: RE: MKLinux on Performa 6200
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 07:15:05 -0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <XFMail.990219071505.gdt@linuxppc.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990219090822.29822A-100000@drongo.anu.edu.au>



On 18-Feb-99 Nathan Hurst wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Gary Thomas wrote:
> 
>> On 17-Feb-99 marcos otero garcia wrote:
>> > My Questions:
>> > Does the Installatin not run because of the MK Linux Booter v1.4? What about other Booters
>> > Do I have a chance on running Linux on the Performa 6200?
>> > What about alternative System?
>> 
>> Terribly sorry, but at this point there is no Linux (of any type) available
>> for that machine.  I have one myself and it just sits here, unused :-(
> 
> For these machines(all the nubus ones) would it be possible to use BootX
> and fake the OF device tree?  Do we have GPLd drivers for all the early
> PPC apple hardware?
> 

I've never tried BootX, so I couldn't tell you, sorry.  It might very well
provide useful in this environment.

I haven't looked lately, but the last time I did, there were no GPL drivers
for the hardware in question.  But I'll look around again [in my *copious*
spare time]


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  parent reply	other threads:[~1999-02-19  7:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-02-17 23:49 MKLinux on Performa 6200 marcos otero garcia
1999-02-18  7:54 ` Gary Thomas
1999-02-18 22:09   ` Nathan Hurst
1999-02-19  4:23     ` Ken Roberts
1999-02-19  7:17       ` Gary Thomas
1999-02-19  7:15     ` Gary Thomas [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-03-10 10:16 Tibor Pausz

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