On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:25:56PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > Hi List > > For reasons I won't go into, I've been trying to install MkLinux PR1 > on a 8100/80 for about a month - belatedly I get the distinct > impression that it has not been supported/developed for some time. > Needless to say I'm struggling to get many functions/applications to > work > > I've found a source for a "boxed" set of 6 CD's and documentation for > Debian 2.2.r5. Before devoting the next month or so to trying this, > can anyone advise whether this will run on the (ageing) PowerMac > 8100/80.
I believe this machine is a nubus Mac, which isn't supported by the standard linux kernel, only by the older mklinux kernel. You could probably manage to use debian together with the mklinux kernel, but I doubt it would be easy. -- David Roundy http://civet.berkeley.edu/droundy/
