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I don't think that will work on non-x86 architectures. As far as I know, you can't boot linux on 68LC040 at all, perhaps if someone forked uCLinux and made it w
by oneplane 2y ago
I don't think that will work on non-x86 architectures. As far as I know, you can't boot linux on 68LC040 at all, perhaps if someone forked uCLinux and made it work with no FPU and no MMU you might get something going, because all the 68k linux variants expect a MMU that works, which on that specific CPU is too buggy. You can't run MkLinux kernels either since those are PPC OldWorld, which came after 68k.
- dredmorbius 2y agoOops, yeah, good call there. There might be Powerbook Linux boot floppy, though NetBSD might be a better choice. The CPU appears to be a 68LC040: <https://support.apple.com/en-us/112137 https://support.apple.com/en-us/112137> A NetBSD install guide which seems to have worked for someone in 2012: <https://web.archive.org/web/20120602135739/http://www.macunix.net/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120602135739/http://www.macuni...> (Site is now SEO scambait.) NetBSD docs: <https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/ https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/macppc/>
- oneplane 2y agoLooking at the reporting, it does seem like the 68LC040 emulation at least worked (just slightly buggy), which is much better than the not-booting Linux of the same era. I should probably not be surprised to see NetBSD run on yet another thing ;-) I wonder what has been ported to more hardware at this point: NetBSD or bare metal Doom.
- dredmorbius 2y agoSome years back I seem to recall Debian making the claim to support more hardware (if not necessarily the same hardware) as NetBSD. I cannot verify this presently however....