Hi all, For the mailing list, I add my previous answer to Mario in this e-mail.
And my answer is: Sorry, I don't know Performa 6400... but I think it's a PowerPC (603e) nubus based machine... Laurent Mario Menezes wrote: > > -- > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:10:17 Laurent Vivier wrote: > Hi, > > I used this kind of machine two years ago. > > If you mean PowerMac 7100 (not performa), it's a PowerPC nubus based machine, > not a PowerPC PCI based. > > So you can't run linux m68k (because it's a powerPC), nor linuxPPC (because > it's > not a PCI based system)but only MkLinux (the linux release of Apple based on a > Mach Microkernel) http://www.mklinux.org . > > All binaries are same between linuxPPC and mklinux, only kernel changes, so > you > can install packages coming from debian or linuxPPC (but you need the > installer !). > > You can find mklinux on the CDROM of linuxPPC http://www.linuxppc.com , which > is > based on readhat 6.0 packaging (not debian) . > > I don't know if debian includes mklinux on its CD-ROM. > > You need to know that it's a slow machine, for instance: > > MacIIci linux-m68k Motorola 68030 at 25 Mhz: 6 BogoMips > PowerBook/G3 linuxPPC Motorola G3 at 250 Mhz: 499 BogoMips > PowerBook/G3 MkLinux Motorola G3 at 250 Mhz: 249 BogoMips > PowerMac 7100 MkLinux Motorola PowerPC 601 at 66 Mhz: 66 BogoMips. > > but bogomips it's not very good way to measure performance... > > It's good machine for basic things but not for computing or compiling C++ > objects (too slow). > > Regards, > Laurent > > > > Hi Laurent, > > Thanks for your answer! > Indeed, I was wrong about the model. I > checked again with the guy that has the machine. > It's a Performa 6400 PowerPC. > So I would like to know if your answer still > apply to this model? > Thanks very much. > > []s, > Mario > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > Share what you know. Learn what you don't. -- --------------- Laurent Vivier -------------- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 04 74 99 32 96 telnet: 769-3296 --------------------------------------------- UNIX is user-friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are ---------------------------------------------
