Installing Darwin on a Perf. 6400

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Da'iMacDaddy

Unix Newb.
OK I have an old 6400 sitting in my basement that I'm dying to use. MY screens broken but if i had some good instructions on how to install Darwin and some type of GUI program (isn't it called XWindows or something?) I would love to do some simple programming on it. Is there a FAQ on how to do this anywhere? Or can someone help me out with it?
 
There is a program called XPost Facto that can help you install Mac OS X on unsupported PowerMacs, provided they have a PCI bus (*100 series NuBus Macs will almost undoubtedly never run OS X). XPost Facto may enable you to run OS X on your 6400, but that machine is currently not yet supported by the program, so your milage may vary. I have successfully used it to get a 7300/233 up and running OS X, so interesting things can be done. Give it a try.

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11168&db=mac
 
Originally posted by G. Peretz
There is a program called XPost Facto that can help you install Mac OS X on unsupported PowerMacs, provided they have a PCI bus (*100 series NuBus Macs will almost undoubtedly never run OS X). XPost Facto may enable you to run OS X on your 6400, but that machine is currently not yet supported by the program, so your milage may vary. I have successfully used it to get a 7300/233 up and running OS X, so interesting things can be done. Give it a try.

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11168&db=mac
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help!!! I'm hosed!!!

I ran XPost Facto on my 6400,..rebooted,..and nothing!!!

Now I cant even get it to boot anything! Is my data (pre existant) hosed?

I even put a 9 install disk in and rebooted holding c,...nothing

help!!! I am so fooked!:eek:
 
i zapped the pram

all is well.

note: 6400 is NOT yet supported. They are working on it tho. Don't be stupid like me.
 
I have used XPF on my 8500 to install X and i could not get it installed until the latest version (2.2.2) that he has released. I also have a 6400 and 6500(my parents machines) that i want to put X on as soon as he does have support for those machines. Sorry i was not on this site sooner to give you a couple of suggestions and to warn you that the 6400 is not supported, but thanks for answering my curiousity of what would happen if i tried. Have you tried to use XPF to install just darwin and not the entire X package? the reason i say this is because if your display is broken then you will be just remotely using it anyways and dont need the GUI part on the system. You could also run like yellow dog linux on it or something of that nature. In alot of ways it is similar, alot of ways it is not though. It would make a great server with YDL on it though.

jeffo
 
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