On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Roger Brown wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> Well done indeed!
> 
> What distribution would I need to run this, presumably some version of
> mklinux and some booter?

MkLinux pre-R1 should work, with the MkLinux booter (whatever the latest
version).


> If you could tell me which version of booter to use, I could see how far the
> thing gets without a hardrive on a Performa 6200. (I can't trash my MacOS
> IDE just yet...)

Heheheh.  Worth noting, I already have one report of the thing missing a
slot interrupt (and thus losing IDE suddenly and relatively unfixably).
So there's a really obnoxious issue left there, but I think I know how to
fix it.


> What about input/output (how do I get stuff into the thing?)

Keyboard/video works, serial might work (untested so far... that's on my
list this weekend).


> Does the serial(printer) port work for PPP or SLIP?
> 
> Earlier you said there was not much chance of getting a Communications Slot
> Ethernet card supported due to a limitation of the mach kernel.

Same reason as NuBus ethernet cards, yeah.  Memory allocation issue.
Though when I look at it, there might be a way, it would just be a pain in
the backside.


> I know it would run like a dog, but has anybody seriously considered a
> LocalTalk driver? By run like a dog I mean I realise it would have to
> disable interrupts while receiving any packet, (or, rather, that is what
> current Macs do).

I don't think anyone has tried....


> If PPP or SLIP worked I could use a NetBSD as a gateway/router to ethernet
> (I presume).

Yeah.



David

> 
> ----------
> >From: "David A. Gatwood" <dgatwood@deepspace.mklinux.org>
> >To: Tony Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org>
> >Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
> >Subject: Re: Re[2[: Quadra memory check
> >Date: Mon, Jul 31, 2000, 6:58 pm
> >
> 
> >On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, David A. Gatwood wrote:
> >
> >> No worries.  The int was coming from F108.  I think I can deal with that.
> >> :-)  Thanks again!
> >
> >It WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOORRRRRRKKKKKKKKSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!!!!!!
> >
> >Hmmm....  Now to take out all these comments so I can do _real_ testing
> >and see just how well it does work.  Looks like MkLinux is about to
> >support another entire class of PowerMac.  :-)
> >
> >Thanks again.
> >
> >
> >Later,
> >David
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >A brief Haiku:
> >
> >Microsoft is bad.
> >It seems secure at first glance.
> >Then you read your mail.
> >
> 

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A brief Haiku:

Microsoft is bad.
It seems secure at first glance.
Then you read your mail.