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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!ub!newserve!rebecca!CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU!JK7023 From: jk7023@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU (Jaime) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD on an LCIII Date: 31 Dec 1995 07:01:19 GMT Organization: University of Albany, SUNY Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4c5cfv$j7i@rebecca.albany.edu> References: <c1d7cb$14260.27c@news.hampshire.edu> Reply-To: jk7023@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU NNTP-Posting-Host: cnsvax.albany.edu In article <c1d7cb$14260.27c@news.hampshire.edu>, mpmNS@fcolcc.hampshire.edu (Michelle Murrain) writes: >Hi - I'm interested in looking into NetBSD. I've done a fair amount >with Linux, but I'm really a mac person, and have been looking around >for a Mac Unix. What I'd like to know is, has anyone out there run >NetBSD on an LC III, and are there gotchas I should know about before I >try to install it? My understanding, and mind you I'm new to NetBSD, is that it will not run on a LC III. >Also, I'm probably going to replace my LC III with a Power Mac this >spring. Does NetBSD work in emulation, and what is the status of the >port to the PPC chip? PowerMacs use a totally different processor. This was directly answered in the FAQs. It will NOT run NetBSD/mac68k. However, I've heard of something called Linux-II which should do what you'd like. Its basically Linux ported to the PowerPC platform. The PowerMac port is a little quirky, last I heard. (B&W X, some trick with booting, and one or two other problems which they were still working on.) I have no idea where Linux-II can be found. Jaime