I honestly can't speak to all the PPCs, having not tried to ever run Linux on one (other than an abortive attempt on a Powerbook Duo 2300c that went nowhere). But for the 68ks, no, there's no ability to boot anything other than a Mac OS System Folder off an HFS volume. Some kind of ROM Limitation. So, you have no choice but to chainload it out of booted a Mac OS.
I also misremembered the booter. It was called Penguin, and is available from the Debian m68k port page. There's a new one called EMILE for m68k as well, looks like, though I haven't tried it. I think BootX is PPC only. The m68k kernels were terribly out of date even when I was using it; there was only 2.2 stable and 2.4 very experimental ones that booted at all. These days there's probably not much you'd be missing, but it'd be a concern for trying to run a "Modern" linux on a 68k Mac. Good luck! Scott Britt Dodd wrote: > That's *exactly* what I was wanting to hear. So there is no native > boot ability available for either PPC or m68k? I have a 610 I'd love > to get running linux, and I have a 660AV with 64MB ram that i'd love > to get running with some kind of dual-boot thing. Thats what I needed > to know. I thought something came out with information I didn't > already find :) > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
