<DIV> Steven Pasternak <stevenp500@bellsouth.net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> Michael A. Peters wrote: >On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 14:23 -0700, Issac Newton wrote: > > >>Is there a linux operating system, or will Fedora work on a Macintosh >>IIci without any modifications? >> >> > >You might be able to run an older m68k distribution on it. >I ran Debian Slinky on an SE/30 back in the days - with just 20MB of ram >and I believe a 100 MB hard disk. > >I'm not sure if the IIci has a math coprocessor or not. >I actually have one, haven't booted it in years (and never for Linux) > > > >> I have a Mac OS on the harddrive, but I don't know what version, and >>I can not start the Mac OS on boot. >> >> > >That will be a problem - you have to boot those macs into a boot manager >in order to start the Linux boot process. You use to be able to get >Apple SSW 6.0.8 on floppies from Apple! 's web site, not sure if you still >can. You would need a mac capable of writing Apple style floppies of >course to make them. > Can anyone get me a link to the floppy download? And can a Mac Emulation running on windows be able to create the floppy format needed? > > >> I also do not have the Disk Tools floppy needed to fix the operating >>system. If anyone can provide information pertaining to this little >>predicament, please email me at ddproxy@gmail.com ... I would enjoy to >>have a copy of the Disk Tools that I can put on a floppy from a >>Windows XP computer, or anything that could allow me to fix the >>original Mac OS already on the hard drive using only a Windows XP >>computer. Thank you for your valuable time, Ice D Pox. >> >> > >There may be a way to make a floppy from a Windows box - but I don't >know it. > >In all honesty - ! Linux will completely such on a IIci. >Don't even think about trying to get X running on it - I'm sure you >could, well - maybe (I never bothered on my SE30). > >There use to a mac list called "classic macs" or something - they'll >have information on how to get a boot floppy so you can fix the OS that >is already on it. > > Any ideas on how to get into the list, or find this list for that matter. > Hi! I did a lookup on wikipedia.org, and it said that the IIci was released with OS version 6.0.4. Hope this helps! -Steven Thankyah Steven, and Michael. I will continue looking, and still waiting for further help that can take me closer to fixing this Mac. -Ice D Pox -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <hr size=1> <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/">Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.</a>