Re: Using compact Mac as Lynx server

[Sheldon Simms <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

(top-posting corrected)

> In article <1g39i5l.1allclf1o71id2N%spam@luddite.ca>, spam@luddite.ca
> (Ned Ludd) wrote:
> 
>> It just occured to me that I should be able to install Linux on a
>> compact Mac and run Lynx, Pine & Tin off it and provide telnet access
>> to my A2s... since I've no experience with Linux, I wonder if anyone
>> can provide any insight into the advisability/feasability of this
>> project???
>> 
>> Simon
>
>On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:20:32 +0000, Willie Yeo wrote:
>
> Yes, it's not a bad idea.
> 
> But you are better off using NetBSD rather than Linux, as NetBSD has a
> longer history and more stable then Linux. But I am not sure it provides
> a MacIP layer over AppleTalk though.
> 
>     It took me 8 hours to load NetBSD on a 68030 machine, and if you are
> installing on a Quantum Fireball 1Gb harddisk, you have be careful of an
> issue that you have to get around it.

I'm using NetBSD on an old Mac as well. I can confirm it works well,
although I haven't tried using it to provide internet access for
my Apple IIs.

In case you want to go this route, I found it much quicker to use
the Mac OS install program only for the base NetBSD package. After
that is installed, you can use the shell in the install program
to copy all of the big .tar.gz files into the NetBSD partition,
then boot into single user mode, and untar everything there. It's
a lot faster that way.

-Sheldon