Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : esc
From : vorlon
Date : Sun Sep 11 2022 11:28:23

Hi esc,

 > vo> Yes. I've got Debian 11 installed on the A3000 as the main os,
 > vo> and the A4000 changes between 3.1 and debian. The lastest working
 > vo> kernel is 5.15, and I've been testing/reporting issues with the
 > vo> latter ones 5.18/5.19 crash due to a regression. Still working with
 > vo> the guys on th debian m68k mailing list to sort it out.
 > 
 > Wow, fascinating. I'd love to see some videos if you have any
 > means/interest to make some :)

I don't have that means to, and really they would be slow and boring...

It takes Linux 15 minutes to boot to a login prompt. I have the
startup-sequence run amiboot to boot directly into linux, so that no
Amiga OS things are in the way.

 > vo> Both machhines are running 68040's @ 40mhz, so slow is a
 > vo> understatement compaired to todays machines.
 > 
 > I'm curious, what's the benefit of using linux on these machines in
 > that case?

Beacuse I can! Something to try! The fun of doing it! (Oh, the head
scratching to get it going.....)

 > To me the value prop of Amiga hardware is running Amiga software
 > natively. That's not to say I would be unable to appreciate linux on
 > these devices, I'm actually a fan of the concept as it would be fun to
 > figure out.

Oh, I've ran my share of Amiga software on native Amiga OS. My first
"Big" computer was a Amiga 2000 back in the day that got heavly expanded.

I just wanted to try and see if I could get linux going on an Amiga.



\/orlon
aka
Stephen


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