From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:49:26 -0700 References: AAgbOxBAAAgDAaTsLseeeKUMOBBGyNdf Message-ID: <20040926T214926Z_FFB700000000@mail2.cu-portland.edu> From: Ben Huntsman Subject: Re: [9fans] G3 Plan 9 installation. To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: e8fa9722-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 It's my understanding that the PPC port was designed for Bell Labs custom = systems that just happened to use the PPC CPU. I doubt you could get it = to run on the mac unless you wrote drivers for apple-specific hardware... For starters, though, Command-Option-O-F at startup will drop your = new-world (current mac PPC systems) macintosh into Open Firmware. From = there you can specify a different boot file from the standard OS X... You = can also poke around at your PCI devices Good luck! -Ben=20 >>> Enrique Soriano 9/24/2004 1:55:04 AM >>> > I'd like to install Plan 9 on a G3 233 MHz iMac. Any pointers on how > to do this? Or any pitfalls that I should be aware of beforehand. Btw, > I'd be happy to just have it as a CPU server. Thanks in advance. I'm using Plan9 on VirtualPC 6.0 (x86 virtual machine for PPC) in a Powerbook G4, and it is terribly slow. VirtualPC 7.0 has been released, but I haven't used it yet. I have never tried to use the Plan 9 PPC port, I don't know if this port works in up-to-date macs. Regards, Q.