Subject: Re: PowerBook Duo Support?
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.org>
From: Bryan Vyhmeister <netbsd@bsdjournal.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/05/2006 17:57:06
Thanks for the info. I might just acquire one and try it.

Bryan

On Sep 5, 2006, at 10:51 AM, Hauke Fath wrote:

> At 4:53 Uhr -0700 5.9.2006, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
>> This weekend, I have been pulling out my NetBSD/mac68k machines and
>> upgrading them in more ways than one. I started thinking about mac68k
>> laptops and the PowerBook Duos came to mind. I did some searching
>> around and it appears that there is some support. Is anyone actually
>> successfully running NetBSD/mac68k on a PowerBook Duo? If so, what
>> models work?
>
> I've had my Duo 280c boot to an XDM prompt once, and that was  
> before the
> softfloat builds came into existence. So I suppose the basic hardware
> support is in place. Just pick up a softfloat build for 68LC040  
> equipped
> Duos and go from there.
>
> There is no DuoDock support, though. You need to install on the  
> internal disk.
>
> 	hauke
>
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> "It's never straight up and down"     (DEVO)
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