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From: ikhala@netcom.com (I'Khala)
Subject: Re: Macminix on mac 660AV not!
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 17:16:38 GMT
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In article <3129C51B.1836@essi.fr>,
Susini Jean-Ferdinand  <susini@essi.fr> wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I 'm looking for a unix environment for Macintosh, so I find Macminix
>on the Web but I can't make it to run on my Quadra 660 AV. In fact I can
>launch it (switching off the 040 internal cache) I can log in as
>root and I get the prompt "#" but when I claim the execution of any
>command I get a Kernel Panic error and the application stops.
>
>I saw somewhere that it is incompatible with 32 bit mode addressing and
>I can't switch down to 24 bit addressing mode on my mac AV.
>
>Please is there someone that can tell me if there is a patch or a newer
>version that I can use on my Mac or is there another UNIX implementation
>free of charge (I 'm a student) on mac that I can use (I don't want to
>by an another computer: PC with LINUX). I heard that port of LINUX on
>mac is died. so ???
>
>I also see some where that a NetBSD or something like that has been
>ported on the mac, if someone as any info about that, tell me please.
>

ftp to: ftp.netbsd.org
or
via da web: http://www.netbsd.org

>Thanks and excuse me for my bad english.
>
>Jean-Ferdy
>
>e-mail: susini@essi.fr

no worries ... ;-)
i'chi











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