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On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:17:09 +0000 dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have recently came into possession of a Mac Classic. > I'm going to try to tinker some more with it. > Does anyone know if Linux will run on it? (m68k version I assume) > If not, any *ux, or bsd? Cos it'd be nice to have something I can > connect to - I may try to network the system using its serial port. > > Cheers > Dan Hi Dan, As I understand it you can install M68k Linux on it, but it's not an easy task. Likewise for NetBSD. As I understand it the hardest part is getting it to boot natively - having a small Mac partition that contains a stripped down MacOS and a 'boot loader' application would suffice. (I ran into similar problems with booting Linux natively on my 'old world' PPC 5500/225 Mac.) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html