> From: Bob Nestor
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: kernels
>
> On Sunday, August 25, 2002, at 03:41 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>
> > I know I have asked about the difference between the SBC and the Generic
> > kernel before, the answer was "try what works".
> > I refer to 1.5ZA
> >
> > A small table with correspondence of macType <--> kernel would be good
> > to
> > publish around the FAQ. In the case if someone gives me the data I would
> > mess around in HTML. Or, big shame, if this information already exists
> > and I
> > have not found it please a link!
>
> It isn't that simple.  The "one that works" is not just a function of
> macType; it is related to an unknown combination of macType, SCSI
> controller type and disk type.  The advice has always been to try
> Generic and if it doesn't work then try the SBC Kernel.

True, but there are definately macs for which it is a "don't care",
specifically those which don't use a 5380 as the SCSI controller chip.
Granted, it is not a huge list, but a list anyway.

<<<john>>>