From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 02:24:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A94437B401 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:24:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (www.alpsgiken.gr.jp [210.166.150.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4960043FE3 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:24:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joel@alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp) Received: from zz_radiant2 (www1.alpsgiken.gr.jp [61.114.244.165]) by alpsgiken.alpsgiken.gr.jp (8.9.1a/3.7W) with ESMTP id SAA13000; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:24:47 +0900 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:29:55 +0900 From: Joel Rees To: Mike Driscoll In-Reply-To: <3EA7040B.2000501@goeaston.net> References: <3EA7040B.2000501@goeaston.net> Message-Id: <20030425175651.8A62.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.00.11 cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd (OT -- 68k Mac) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:24:59 -0000 > i run a pc with windows xp as my internet connection. recently, i > acquired an old mac LC III with one floppy drive. if i download freebsd > and copy it to floppies on my windows pc, can i still use them to > install freebsd to my mac? openbsd.org's hardware list says openBSD runs on an LC III, if you have floating point on it. lowendmac.com says the FPU was optional. (I understand netBSD pretty much has the same restriction, although they are apparently working on emulation like debian is.) I think you can still find the FPU at eBay. You're going to want at least a 2G HD, and I understand you may end up removing the internal HD to avoid SCSI errors. (Check the misc@openbsd archives for more, I asked a question about it a few months back.) You also want to check that you have enough RAM. 4M isn't really enough, from what I hear, even for the install. And you need to check the support on your ethernet card. Transferring to the Mac by floppy really isn't what you want to do, although it might be feasible. Do you know how to split a tarball and put it back together again under the Mac OS? If you can get ethernet running, and can find an old 68k version of fetch or Anarchy, you might be able to ftp the stuff from your windows box. I've been trying to get either netBSD or openBSD running on an old Performa 550. Just loading the binary from the tarballs takes overnight. I hear compiling the system takes several days when things go well. You really might prefer to just load system 7.5.5 on it and enjoy the best of the old Mac world. -- Joel Rees