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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hplabs!sdd.hp.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!chsun!TOWER66 From: voisard@dial.eunet.ch (Eric Voisard) Subject: Re: BSD UNIX on a PowerMac?? Message-ID: <DH8Mqx.Lpv@eunet.ch> Sender: usenet@eunet.ch Organization: EUnet AG, Switzerland References: <45uc7c$llu@bubba.nmsu.edu> <460fb0$5t8@orion.cc.andrews.edu> <461glf$9s7@news.iii.net> <308CE3F3.3694@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu> <Hedstrnl-2510951536200001@bzpm01-035.mcn.net> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 01:28:08 GMT Lines: 23 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.mac.misc:98689 comp.sys.mac.system:106223 comp.sys.mac.hardware:149992 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7917 In article <Hedstrnl-2510951536200001@bzpm01-035.mcn.net>, Hedstrnl@ctrvax.vanderbilt edu (Nathan Hedstrom) wrote: >In article <308CE3F3.3694@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu>, Jennifer Fierro ><pjfierro@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu> wrote: > > >> Am I crazy or would it be possible to run Linux using SoftWindoze 2.0? >> The program emulates a 486 which is required by Linux but I don't know >> if there are any other hardware issues involved. I don't want to do >> anything fancy. I'm just interested in learning Unix. Any input anyone? I >> haven't bought SW yet but this might make it worthwhile. For me, it seems it would be much more clean to buy a second hand 386 or 486 (they are cheap!) and just install FreeBSD (or Linux), and then you can even try to connect both machines with TCP/IP... You don't need of the power of a PowerMac, and the result will be the same on a PC. /*-------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Voisard Impact Rue Neuve 9 Department of Redundancy Department CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds Switzerland Phone/Fax: +41 (0) 39 28 06 68 voisard@dial.eunet.ch --------------------------------------------------------------------*/