Re: 3.4 broken on a IIci too...

(Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 09:34:00AM +0100) Riccardo Mottola wrote/schrieb/egrapse:
> I fear OpenBSD 3.4 is total breakage on 3.4 and users should be warned
> against using it on the OpenBSD page, at least on the two macs I tested.
> I don't know if it runs on others, somebody reports?. It is really a
> pity.

Hi Riccardo,

a friend of mine got 3.4 and 3.5 up and running on a Quadra 950 just a
few days ago. You might not want to throw arround accusations if you
have no absolut certainty. There are some machines reported to not work
any more, check the archives of this list, but it *does* work.

OpenBSD/mac68k is not the easiest plattform to install on. For one
thing it requires knowledge of both OpenBSD and Mac OS (especially in
the older variants). That's also the reason why the mailing list is
sometimes a bit quiet: mac68k may not be an easy place for newbies, and
the old timers rarely have to ask questions. But speaking as someone who
started his OpenBSD adventure as a newbie on mac68k, I would say that
it is one of the most rewarding plattforms. There's nothing like having
fought your way through a complicated install, sometimes taking weeks to
solve problems, and then having such an old beast running so well.

Documentation is sometimes a bit lacking for mac68k. But it is after all
a plattform that works. I have been running a busy server on a Quadra
700 for more then 2 years now, up untill last month. Now that Quadra has
been given to OpenBSD developers, and I think mac68k will continue to be
improved.

Regards,

Sascha