Subject: Re: Powerbook 190 install
To: Craig Turner <craig@recalldesign.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/08/2000 10:50:32
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Craig Turner wrote:
> o what bsd shall I run (open or net - I know this is religious, I'd
> prefer openbsd because I will be using it for server duties, but I know
> compatability might be an issue and saw no mention of pb190s on the
> openbsd site)
>
Many people run both NetBSD and OpenBSD servers in quite
unfriendly environments. I wouldn't worry about that.
In general hardware support is more active on NetBSD.
> o can I get it to run java? (want to use servlets)
>
pkgsrc/lang/kaffe apparently supports m68k.
> o is it realistic to run java on it? (compile time, etc)
>
I'd suggest not being in any real hurry :)
> o is there a way of setting the machine up without nuking all the data on
> my existing partition? (I'm suspecting not)
>
If you have a macos tool to resize partitions... yes :)
David/absolute
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