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From: rervin@oasis.novia.net (Richard Ervin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mac ports to other than MacII? [Q]
Date: 7 Jan 1996 18:26:08 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: edh@sci.kun.nl (Edward Hoenkamp) writes:
: > I would like to install FreeBSD on my Macintosh DUO. 
: > 1. Is there a reason why this would not be possible?

: Yes, there is no FreeBSD port for the Macintosh.  You're probably
: confusing this with NetBSD.  (Followup-To set.)

NetBSD is not working on the Duo, at least not on MY Duo.  Subscribe
to the port-mac68k@netbsd.org mailing list for info.  I'm trying to
make it happen for the Duo, but so far have not been able to verify
that any part of the boot process is actually working properly.

Rich