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List:       linux-ppc
Subject:    Re: Mac Quadra 800
From:       "Jules Bean" <jmlb2 () hermes ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1998-11-16 14:17:50
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--On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 10:58 pm -0500 "Thomas Riemer"
<triemer@apt4g.a3nyc.com> wrote: 

> 
> I happen to have sitting in the rubble in my living room and quadra 800...
> 
> Somehow I think the quadra 800 probably won't run linux... but
> its worth the dumb question. Does the Mac quadra 800 have a chance
> of running linux?

Yes.  But obviously, not linux-ppc.  Since the quadra isn't a ppc.

Search the web for linux/m68k, which I imagine is likely to run on a quadra.
 Or NetBSD/OpenBSD, which I think does too.  Debian (www.debian.org) produce
a distribution for m68k machines.

Jules

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