Re: Expectations for a performa (was [tech]Re: gcc 3.x with Openbsd src tree)

>OpenBSD/mac68k is reported to require the FPU.  My testing sometime
>back indicated this was true only for INSTALL -- the installer choked
>on my LCIII (no FPU) with a cryptic error message, but if I installed
>on the Quadra 610 then moved the HD to the LCIII, it worked fine. 
>Past tense, however -- some time back, newer versions of OpenBSD quit
>working on the LCIII and my IIsi (which I *do* have a FPU in (add-on
>on the NIC).

On an LC 475 sans FPU i was able to install OpenBSD using SoftFPU.  
OpenBSD 3.2 wouldn't boot though, until i installed a full 68040 chip 
(i.e. with FPU).  I thought i read somewhere (and i may be wrong about 
this) that the FPU emulator works fine (albeit slowly) on any 68K except 
the 68040 (which is probably owing to the bug in some 68LC040's which can 
break software FPU's).


>You don't indicate what if any ethernet card you have -- you may also
>have trouble with that...

Amen.


>> I'd probably have to do
>> something like use my iBook to drop the tarball onto the HD to load it.
>
>SCSI on your iBook?  If you can do it, yes -- I used a old PowerPC
>machine to set up HDs for my LCIII before I got the (cd booting)
>Quadras.

MacOS Filesharing also works well for this.  That's how i did it.