Running different OSes on classic hardware (Re: Re installing XP on Sony)

[Doc Shipley]

Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 10:08:09 +0000, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon at gjcp.net> wrote:

> This case aside, though, I basically agree with Tony's assertion that
> one should run a classic OS on classic hardware - why put NetBSD on an
> Amiga when one can run AmigaDOS?  It takes something out of the
> 'classicalness', IMHO.

   Or Amiga UNIX....

   I did get Amiga UNIX(R) v2.1 installed from tape and running on an 
A3000 last week, but the A2500 spits a kernel panic late in the kernel 
load during install.  I didn't have time to do much debugging at all, 
but the v2.01, v2.03, and v2.1 boot/root floppies died at the same point.

   It's an interesting SysVR4 implementation, to say the least.  :)  On 
a loaded A3000 (16MB ZIP RAM, 2MB chip RAM) it's also surpisingly snappy.


	Doc