Re: [Sheflug] Amiga Linux?

[Craig Andrews <nospam [at] fishbot.org.uk>]

Oh. Pants.

Still, it was just a thought. This particular one is just a basic amiga,
with mouse and joystick and workbench disks. Nothing special.

If I could get hold of an a3/4000 though, it would be a nice experiment to
build a box from source, just for the hell of it...

Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk

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Life would be so much easier if we 
could just look at the source code.
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Alex Hudson wrote:

> Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
> > I have come upon the opportunity to acquire an Amiga 1200, with monitor et
> > al.
> > 
> > The question is, what is the feasability/simplicity of running a version
> > of everyones favourite OS on it? I <think> theres a version of Debian
> > available for Amiga hardware? (or is it Slackware. I don't know...)
> > 
> > Anyway, let me know, and I may just get it and bring it along to a meeting
> > to be pulled apart by anyone interested.
> 
> Linux won't run on an unmodified A1200, I'm afraid - the processor
> ('020) isn't good enough. You'll need an expanded A1200 (such as a
> Tower, or Blizzard), or an A3000/4000 at least...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
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