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From: Paul Callaghan <pmpdc@gamgee.cc.flinders.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Trouble Booting a IIsi
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 17:37:47 -0800
Organization: Flinders University of South Australia
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Peter Kwangjun Suk wrote:
> 
> In article <suk-0912951251360001@cola66.scsn.net>, suk@pobox.com (Peter
> Kwangjun Suk) wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to install MacBSD-1.1 on an old IIsi with 5 megs of ram and
> > internal video.  I've formatted the hard disk, reinstalled MacOS 7.0.1 on
> > the 30 meg HFS partition I left, copied over everything, run mkfs,
> > Installer, and Booter.  The boot starts out, but then ends up:
> >
> > (Deleteted)Hi,
	Would a IIsi with 5M + 200M HD (without FPU) devoted to MacBSD be a 
usable system? I'd like to run unix, but I still need MacOS. Is it possible 
to choose which OS to start up on, or is MacBSD always the default. Also, is 
there a X window system available (does it cope with 8M of RAM)?

Thanks

Paul Callaghan
email: paul.callaghan@flinders.edu.au