Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: dbh97 on June 04, 2012, 08:43:34 PM

Title: TinyCore PPC
Post by: dbh97 on June 04, 2012, 08:43:34 PM

What would it take to port TinyCore to PowerPC? There are still a lot of PPC Macs out there.

Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: Juanito on June 04, 2012, 11:28:02 PM

The question has been asked several times - it is possible, I'd suggest you use the cross linux from scratch instructions as a guideline.

Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: dbh97 on June 05, 2012, 05:03:12 PM

thanks... looks pretty hard to me.

Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: adrian on June 08, 2012, 02:19:53 PM

You could also just download a virtual emulation environment like Bochs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochs).  It was interesting to play with. :)


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Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: adrian on June 08, 2012, 02:35:45 PM

Or why bother leaving the browser? 

http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html (http://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html)  ;D


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Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: TechMonkey on September 06, 2012, 04:21:17 PM

How are the emulator answers helpful at all?!? The whole point is to keep using older hardware with a lean system, such as TC or puppy. Running that under emulation on a PPC is missing the point completely...

And yes, the list of actively maintained PPC distros keeps shrinking...

Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: curaga on September 07, 2012, 08:57:24 AM

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And yes, the list of actively maintained PPC distros keeps shrinking...

We never were available for PPC, so how is that relevant?

Also, a bit late reply to this thread....

Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: vinnie on September 07, 2012, 12:02:20 PM

Quote from: TechMonkey on September 06, 2012, 04:21:17 PM

How are the emulator answers helpful at all?!? The whole point is to keep using older hardware with a lean system, such as TC or puppy. Running that under emulation on a PPC is missing the point completely...

I think he was referring to learning lfs, not the use of tinycore

Title: Re: TinyCore PPC
Post by: TechMonkey on September 07, 2012, 12:05:04 PM

Quote from: curaga on September 07, 2012, 08:57:24 AM

We never were available for PPC, so how is that relevant?
Also, a bit late reply to this thread....

Hmm, I think I got that reply mixed up w/ another thread on PPC, where various distros were discussed.

As for the thread necromancy...well, I have no real excuse other than lack of sleep (6 month old kid). Then again, I just signed up yesterday, so I suppose the lack of a timemachine was a factor as well.  ;D