Subject: Re: status of quadra machines?
To: Russell Steven Muetzelfeldt <russm@minyos.its.rmit.EDU.AU>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/13/1997 21:29:01
> I've been away from the MacBSD world for a while, so I hope this isn't too
> much of a dumb question...
Don't worry, there's no such thing as a dumb question...just dumb...uh,
nevermind ;-)
> I have a Q800 sitting in a corner I'd like to run MacBSD on, but last I
> heard, the quadra support was still pretty much experimental.
Although I suppose it might still be called experimental, it is now
pretty much working, and a lot of people are using it...
> Is there a stable setup I can use on this machine? Is the 040 support
> rolled into the -current distribution, or do I have to use a custom
> kernel? Or have I just not been looking in the right places for the
> information I need? (in which case feel free to slap me on the back of the
> head and point me in the right direction)
The machine status page is located at:
http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/machine-status/
I think it accurately reports the status of the Q800, but I could be wrong...
To the best of my knowledge, the latest current distribution should work
on your machine:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/mac68k/latest/
I hope this helps.
Later.
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Colin Wood ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant Rice University
Information Technology Services Houston, TX