NetBSD/mac68k 1.0
NetBSD/mac68k 1.0 is the first formal release of
NetBSD/mac68k.
Allen Briggs is the maintainer of NetBSD/mac68k.
Supported Hardware
NetBSD/mac68k 1.0 runs on several of the older Macintosh computers.
A minimal system requires 4M of RAM and about 65M of disk space.
By leaving out a package or two, the system can be squeezed onto
a 40M disk. At least 8MB of RAM and 200MB of disk space are
recommended for more serious use. The following Macintosh
hardware is supported:
- CPUs:
- Mac II
- Mac IIx
- Mac IIcx
- Mac IIci
- Mac SE/30
- Internal SCSI bus and most SCSI disks, and CD-ROMs
- Internal sound (enough to beep, anyway)
- Most basic NuBUS video cards (there have been some problems with
some 24-bit color cards)
- Both internal serial ports
- ADB keyboards and mice
If you have a device that's not listed, it might be compatible with something
else, or we might have simply forgotten it. If all else fails, maybe you could
write a driver!
Some systems will boot and are usable from an external terminal (serial tty or
SLIP):
- Mac IIsi
- Mac IIvx
- Others?
Major items often asked about, but not supported in 1.0 include:
- Ethernet interfaces. 1.0 does not have a working ethernet
driver, but several cards work with a more
current
system.
- 68040-based Macs. Work is in progress on getting a Quadra 700
running. This requires (at least) a new SCSI driver and a new ethernet
driver.
Don't see something you're looking for? Check to see you see if it's in
the current system
or on the
TO-DO list.
Common questions about 1.0
My system comes up with
"[ Preserving 74xxx bytes ]" and just hangs there.
This means that you need to enable 32-bit mode on your macintosh before
booting NetBSD. Grab Mode32 from somewhere, install it, turn it on, go
to the memory control panel and enable 32-bit addressing.
I can boot the system OK,
but it just seems to freeze soon after booting.
This is probably the "keyboard hang problem." You can get around it by
updating to a more
current system
or by using the dt program that can be found on the
cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu ftp site.
For more questions, see the
mac68k FAQ
(which needs to be updated).
If you're interested in installing NetBSD/mac68k 1.0, you should look
at the
installation notes.
There are several mailing lists associated with the mac68k port.
Go to an FTP site that carries NetBSD/mac68k.
1.0 Formal Release page
Home Page
www@NetBSD.ORG
$NetBSD: mac68k.html,v 1.4 1996/05/09 01:41:01 thorpej Exp $
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