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authorMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-07 21:25:01 +0000
committerMiod Vallat <miod@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-07 21:25:01 +0000
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+dnl $OpenBSD: hardware,v 1.14 2002/04/07 21:25:00 miod Exp $
OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV runs on several of the older Macintosh computers.
-6MB of RAM should be sufficient to boot and the system can probably
-be squeezed onto a 60MB hard disk by leaving off a package or two.
+6MB of RAM should be sufficient to boot and a minimal system can probably
+be squeezed onto a 100MB partition by installing just the minimum sets.
To actually do much compiling or anything more interesting than
-booting, at least 8MB of RAM and more disk space is recommended.
-About 80MB will be necessary to install all of the OpenBSD OSREV binary
-distribution (note that this does not count swap space!). Much more
-disk space is required to install the source and objects as well (about
-another 105MB).
+booting, more RAM and disk space is highly recommended. About 250MB will be
+necessary to install all of the OpenBSD OSREV binary distribution (note that
+this does not count swap space!). Much more disk space is required to
+install the source and objects as well (about another 600MB).
+A MacOS partition is also required to install OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV and boot it,
+see below.
OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV now runs on most 680x0 MacIntosh's. Specifically, it
should work on:
68020 with 68851 PMMU and 68881 FPU
- 68030 with 68882 FPU (most Macs have this)
+ 68030 with 68882 FPU (many Macs do not have this)
68040 (not including the 68LC040)
The following Macintosh models are "fully" supported. This means that at
@@ -53,8 +55,8 @@ Some systems are reportedly almost supported:
PowerBook 550c (but the internal SCSI drive is not supported yet)
What isn't supported, but often asked about:
- PowerPC-based Macs. They are supported by the OpenBSD/macppc
- port.
+ PowerPC-based Macs. Newer Mac PPC systems are supported by the
+ OpenBSD/macppc port.
Machines based on Apple's IOP technology including the Mac IIfx.
Machines based on the 68LC040 processor. Unfortunately, the chip
itself contains a major bug which is presently being worked