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Ha! Showing my age. I actually contributed early fixes to the 1.x kernel for m68k, way back when it was new (on my Amiga). The first versions used a byte swapped filesystem for speed (I think?). I never checked that they'd switched to little endian (like everyone else). Such a bummer that...

I'm assuming the Aranym/qemu mkfs step is needed due to the kernel using endian-swapped filesystems (for speed), correct? I've had Debian on a Performa 630 (with full '040 swapped for lc version) for years, so could build the filesystem there. Would love to have linux on my 540, but, of...

Similar experience... I have two identical original bondi clamshells I bought used. One, the ethernet jack is hinky, it will work usually, but the tolerance on the physical connection is not good, and goes off if the cable is disturbed. The other one, the port has never worked. So...