trying linux on my powerbook 520

[leosadvs]

im realy close to get linux runing on my PB, but something made the mac to just shutdown when in linux i get the Prompt.. i tried a lot of files, loaders, and kernels..

That are some screenshots of my penguin booter configuration

any help???

 

[porter]

Do you have a 68040 or 68LC040?

I have NetBSD running on a LCII with FPU.

 

[leosadvs]

its a 68LC040... and i was reading and with an 68LC i can't run NetBSD

 

[porter]

its a 68LC040... and i was reading and with an 68LC i can't run NetBSD

Which Linux are you using?

I replaced the 68LC040 in my Quadra 605 with a full 68040.

 

[leosadvs]

its a 68LC040... and i was reading and with an 68LC i can't run NetBSD

Which Linux are you using?

I replaced the 68LC040 in my Quadra 605 with a full 68040.

i don't know exactly.. but i downloaded from here http://mac.linux-m68k.org/download/

 

[porter]

Wow, that's old stuff.

Have you seen http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/status/MAC_MODEL_PB520.php

What type of harddisk does it have? Does it have IDE?

http://www.lowendmac.com/pb/powerbook-520.html

 

[ChristTrekker]

its a 68LC040... and i was reading and with an 68LC i can't run NetBSD

The mac68k section of the NetBSD site doesn't get updated much. Soft-float builds of NetBSD have existed for awhile now. It will be slower, but you can run on an LC040.

 

[macgreg]

Wow, that's old stuff.
Have you seen http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/status/MAC_MODEL_PB520.php

What type of harddisk does it have? Does it have IDE?

http://www.lowendmac.com/pb/powerbook-520.html

PowerBook 520 will have a SCSI hard disk.

(Sorry to jump in - I am following this thread with interest

 

[porter]

PowerBook 520 will have a SCSI hard disk.

From the linux status page - NCR5380 SCSI: Broken.

 

[porter]

One of the good tricks with NetBSD is it's ability to run as a netboot.

I've run both an old Sun350 using bootp and a 386 using PXE in a netboot configuration so you can get round the chicken and egg problem of getting a machine working.

 

[leosadvs]

but if it says "Broken" i just going to get just a Kernel panic but not to shutdown i guess... i think i gonna try Netbsd