i think it would be worth while to ask a linux-ppc or mklinux mailing list how they would make boot floppies from macos, im sure there is a way, rawwrite for mac maybe? im not sure.
6MB of ram will be very tough to get linux installed on, running it won't be too hard but actually installing it is a pain. i had enough trouble trying to install on an 8MB machine(never got it installed actually), i wish you luck! nate On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Charles O. Hartman wrote: cohar >(My state: I've used computers for 30 years, but no Intel machines for cohar >10 [so I don't know modern hardware & interfaces], and Linux never.) cohar > cohar >I'd like to install Linux (dip toe in water!) on an ancient Zeos machine cohar >(AMD 386DX, 6Mb RAM, 120Mb disk). However, this machine has no CD drive, cohar >and no net connection yet. cohar > cohar >1) Is it reasonable to try to install a beginner's system on this cohar >machine from floppies? cohar > cohar >2) Is there a way to do so with only a Mac connection to the net for cohar >downloading the disk images? (The problem: when a Mac writes or even cohar >reads an "IBM" floppy, it puts on a couple of hidden files that, though cohar >just 1k, make a file like "base14-1.bin" not fit.) cohar > cohar >3) If the floppy idea is crazy, should I pay MEI-Micro $25 for an EIDE cohar >controller and $40 for a CD drive? cohar > cohar >Sorry for numskull questions; I promise to get smarter if I can get cohar >Linux going. cohar > cohar >Charles Hartman cohar >Poet in Residence, Connecticut College cohar >[EMAIL PROTECTED] cohar > cohar > cohar >-- cohar >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null cohar > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 7:15am up 146 days, 19:16, 1 user, load average: 0.49, 0.40, 0.39