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What machines will never be supported?

April 26, 2017machines supported

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What machines will never be supported?

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In general, any computer with a 68000 processor won’t be able to run Linux. Of the two 68020 machines, the Mac II supports the addition of a PMMU and can be made to run. (See the PMMU section, later.) The LC does not have this capability. Also some machines with a 68LC040 chip are defective and cannot support Linux FPU emulation (or any FPU emulation, for that matter); before thinking of these machines as “supported” read the section on them later. For other unsupported machines, see the Power Mac section.

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We do not support the 68000-based hardware. We support 68020-based machines if they are fitted with a PMMU (see the relevant section below). Also some machines are fitted with a defective 68LC040 chip and cannot support FPU emulation (please read the section below). For other unsupported machines, see the PowerMac section.