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From: ernie@eis.net.au (Ernie Elu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD under SoftWindows on a Mac?
Date: 19 Jul 1996 06:45:01 GMT
Organization: eis.net - Brisbane - Australia
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Matthew R. Wilson (mwilson@teleport.com) wrote:
: Has anyone ever had any success getting FreeBSD to work running under
: SoftWindows 95 on a Mac? Is there any tips that I should know about
: before I dive in and try to do this?
:
: MRW
:
: --
Not a hope, FreeBSD is not a windows or a DOS application, it is an
operating system with specific expectations on the hardware it will run on.
The Mac does not have the required hardware. Try NetBSD for a 68k Mac or
Linux for a NuBus PowerMac.
- Ernie.
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Ernie Elu - ernie@eis.net.au - Brisbane - Australia
"I ping, therefore I am."
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