On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:02 AM, C. <codest...@osunix.org> wrote: > UNIX admin wrote: >> >> Yes, that's what bothers me. If there is no downloadable, bootable image, >> how can a pile of prototype code be considered a distribution? >> > > Personally, I could see it this way, but it's just marketing so people get > more interested. If it's known as a distro what's the real disadvantage.. > It's a wiki page.. Anyone is free to edit out things that don't belong.. > What would be even better is if someone qualified could help debug their > current (rtld?) issues.. I wonder if PearPC could also help their effort.. > It kinda seemed to die around the time Apple announced they were moving to > Intel though. > > ./C
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/powerpc-discuss/2007-November/002247.html "" Martin Bochnig mb1x at gmx.com Wed Nov 7 14:02:30 PST 2007 Only remember how long it took to just move the Solaris_x86 kernel from the pre-Newboot framework to Newboot. I had experimented a bit with that, too (circa snv_14 versus snv_16). Grub would never be able to boot a legacy pre-Newboot Solaris kernel. Nor would a Newboot based kernel ever successfully boot when started from DCA: You would instantly get panics during the attempt to initialize the kernel. The whole stuff would add tons of complexity to the Polaris project and wouldn't really lead to anything usable. My personal opinion, unfortunately. QEMU or PearPC are attempting to emulate *parts* of *some* ppc based platforms. Even *if* they came close to that goal: Then it would still be a completely different box, not a PegasosII or ODW. You can actually get exactly that if you just buy a used PoerMac or any used RS/6000 from ebay. For a low (end-) price point such as $15 or something. > -- > Regards, > Martin "" _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
