On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, LilleTomte wrote:
... > Fortunately, i rescued from the trash a powerbook 520c which happens to be > listed on the 2.6 kernel page. I have a few other newb questions about its > abitiy to get some kind of networking (any kind, actually ;) with debian-68k, > amongst other things. The page > http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/status/MAC_MODEL_PB520.php states : > > 1. PMU ADB: Status unknown. > I suppose ADB is the apple desktop bus: does it mean that there is no known > way to use its native keyboard/mouse ? Correct. > If so, is there any alternative ? Only remote login over ethernet, since serial is broken. > 2. NCR5380 SCSI: Broken > Does that mean that it will not use scsi at all ? The SCSI chip is present, but that driver is borken too. > I'm not certain the internal hard drive is scsi (it's not very clear to > me from the specs). > > 3. Serial: Broken. Cannot be used from userspace, but can be used for kernel > debugging. > My understanding is that I would not be able to use it to get TCP/IP with a > null-modem cable as I'm doing with the Macintosh SE right now. Correct. > > > 3. SONIC ethernet: OK. > Is that the internal AAUI ethernet controler ? That'd be great because I found > a working adapter to hook it on a regular ethernet switch. It should work... > 4.NuBus: If initialized by MacOS, some cards can cause an early kernel panic > on some models. Workaround: boot MacOS with extensions off, or use Emile > instead of Penguin. > I suppose i'm just too green to understand what it means yet This doesn't relate to your machine as it lacks nubus slots. Finn > for now the only > peripheral I tried to plug was an Asanté micro en/sc (and that's scsi), with > no success but I didnt try very long thanks to the AAUI ethernet adapter. > > > Any pointers appreciated. > > > Tomte > > > > richard wrote: > > Tomte, > > > > That page for kernel 2.6 is at http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/status/ > > And for kernel 2.2 it is > > http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/status/v2.2/index.html > > > > The reason it is complicated is that there were some Mac versions did not > > have a PMMU (Paged Memory Management Unit). A PMMU is essential for any > > 680x0 based Macintosh to run Linux. > > > > Basically the first Macintosh computers that can run Debian are the SE/30, > > the Mac II series, and the Powerbook 140 as they do have PMMUs. Since Apple > > was rather innovative with hardware (a good thing generally) some features > > may work less than perfectly. I have an SE/30 for which I installed Debian > > potato with a 2.2 kernel. I upgraded to a 2.6 kernel and it's choppy now. > > When the etch version is all the way ready for m68k, I want to try a clean > > install. > > > > Richard Waterfield > > > > LilleTomte wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Apologies if this is obvious but I could not find this info on the website > > > : > > > I understand that only 68k with MMU will work with debian 68k, but is > > > there a list around with all the computers _known_ to work on this > > > distribution ? > > > It says on the site "Current Debian releases support Atari, Amiga, VMEbus, > > > and some Macintosh systems." But I'd love to find something a bit more > > > specific so I know what to look for. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Tomte. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
