NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/25021

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From: [e-mail] (Steven King, Software Archaeologist)
Subject: Re: Linux on Amiga-PC-Bridgeboard ?
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[e-mail] (Niels Knoop) publicly declared:
>Has anyone ever tried to run Linux on an Amiga Bridgeboard ?
>[...]
>Although Golden Gate is said to be tested with DOS, Windows, OS/2
>and some Unix-Clone other than Linux I can't be quite sure that it
>is possible to work with Linux on my co-computer and am looking
>forward to hearing of someone who has successfully installed Linux
>on his bridgeboard or found out it is impossible.

I'd say, try it and let the rest of us know how it went.  It'll take
you the better part of a day, including backing up your hard drive, but
what the heck.  The odds are probably good that it'll work.

I think you'll need a high density drive, at least if you plan to
install the SLS distribution.  The individual packages can be split
amongst multiple low density floppies, but there's that annoying 1.2M
boot image you've got to contend with.  I don't know about other
installation methods.

Good luck!

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