Re: [rock-user] Rock Linux and G3's
Rene Rebe <[email protected]>
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Hi,
On: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:38:44 +0300,
nathan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Are the PPC Processors in those particular computers the same underlying
> architecture as those in the Beige PowerMacs?
Basically - but not completely. The IBM are a bit older and different
- the iBook and Motorola PowerPlus shoudl match nearly your Apple
Beige PowerMac.
The CPU is not a problem for using ROCK Linux - the only thing that
should hold you up from using the current images is the boot loader
stuff used. For your (I guess) Old World machinve adaptions are
needed.
> > - IBM RS/6k B50 (PowerPC 604r @ 375Mhz)
> > - IBM "Carolina" based Workstation (@ ~100Mhz)
> > - Motorola PowerPlus embedded boards (G3 ~366Mhz)
> > - iBook2 (G3 @ 800Mhz) (+ various friends using similar ones, too)
> >
> > so PowerPC is actively worked on and runs well - the only thing that
> > needs to be done is Apple OldWorld CD boot stuff. The current CD will
> > not boot on your box I guess. I already scheduled to add this this the
> > - maybe next week or so (this one is already full).
Sincerely yours,
René Rebe
- ROCK Linux stable release maintainer
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