[juneau-lug] Re: NetBSD

  • From: Justin Burket <zorton@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: Juneau Linux Users Group <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:15:30 -0400 (EDT)

> > I donwnloaded the OpenBSD 3.2 directory for macPowerPc last night and I
> > expect I will have a Cd burned today.  I'm toying with the idea of doing a
> > backup of this machine and having a dual boot of OpenBSD/OS-X.  It would
> > be nice to have OpenBSD up and running as OS-X dosen't support things like
> > changing your MAC address.
> >
>
> For OpenBSD running on Macs, you're best off with a newer candy colored
> Mac or an old 680x0 Mac like a Quadra.  (Not a 68LC0x0 though.)
>
> I think as long as your Mac PPC runs OS-X you're fine, but the OpenBSD Mac
> PPC port doesn't support old-world Macs. So most beige PowerPCs are not
> supported, including Jacob's All-in-one or the Motorola Starmax box. We're
> stuck with NetBSD or Linux.
>
> I've ended up putting Debian on all of my non-i386 hardware, as it
> supports almost as many architectures as NetBSD, including anything
> that I'm likely to get my hands on.  This is a good excuse to try out
> NetBSD a little more than I have in the past.

Ahhh :) but you are assuming I am not the adventours sort.  I accually
have had openbsd running on this laptop in the past.  THis was mainly due
to me not paying attention to the "unsupported" flags and such.  Various
developers have assured me that should I get it booted and should I get
all the devices working they would be willing to apply a small footnote
inidicating that openbsd would work on certain old world machines with a
bit of persictance and a slight knowledge of open firmware.

I shall let you know what happens.  I expect it will belike most of my
grand software quests: working to a point but lacking any real gumption.

Justin


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