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Machine List

MkLinux DR3 will run only on PowerPC-based Macintoshes and clones.

For 68k Macintoshes have a look at NetBSD-mac68k or Linux-m68k for Macintosh. For non-Mac PowerPC boxes, including Apple Network Servers, try LinuxPPC.

Nubus PowerMacs x100:

Name	Comment
Power Macintosh 6100	Supported.
Performa 61xx	Supported.
Power Macintosh 7100	Supported.
Power Macintosh 8100	Supported.
Power Macintosh 8115	Supported.
All other x100 machines	Supported.

Nubus PowerMacs 52/53/62/63xx:

Name	Comment
Power Macintosh 5200	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5210	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5215	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5220	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5260	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5270	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5280	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5300	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5320	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6200	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6205	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6210	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6214	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6216	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6218	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6220	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6230	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6260	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6290	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6300	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6310	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6320	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6360 (PCI)	Supported. (for many years)

PCI PowerMacs with PPC 601, PPC 603e or PPC 604/604e:

Name	Comment
Power Macintosh 7200, 7220	Supported.
Power Macintosh 8200	Supported.
Power Macintosh 7300	May not work with the original MacOS version in some cases due to an extension/enabler conflict.
Power Macintosh 7500	Supported.
Power Macintosh 8500	Supported.
Power Macintosh 8515	Supported.
Power Macintosh 9500	Supported.
Power Macintosh 9500/180MP	Supported. Performance should improve noticably with a multiprocessor-aware Mach Kernel.
Power Macintosh 9515	Supported.
Power Macintosh 7600	Supported.
Power Macintosh 8600	Supported.
Power Macintosh 9600	Supported.
Power Macintosh 9600/200MP	Supported. Performance should improve noticably with a multiprocessor-aware Mach Kernel.
Power Macintosh 4400	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
Power Macintosh 5400	Supported.
Performa 54xx	Supported.
Power Macintosh 5500	Supported.
Performa 6360	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6400	Supported.
Performa 64xx	Supported.
Power Macintosh 6500	Supported.
20th Anniversary Macintosh	Supported.

G3 Desktop Machines:

Name	Comment
Power Macintosh G3 Desktop	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
Power Macintosh G3 Minitower	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
iMac	Work in progress.
G3 (Yosemite)	Not supported.

PowerBooks:

Name	Comment
PowerBook 5300	Supported. SCSI (external Disk or CD-Rom) unsuported
PowerBook 1400	Supported. SCSI (external Disk or CD-Rom) unsuported, the expbay should work
PowerBook 2300c	Not supported. The external CD player will be unsupported for some time, as are all SCSI devices on this machine because the SCSI controler used isn't supported yet.
PowerBook 2400	Supported. External SCSI only due to IDE bugs
PowerBook 3400	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
PowerBook G3	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
PowerBook G3 Wallstreet	Supported. GENERIC kernel needed. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.

Workgroup Servers:

Name	Comment
Workgroup Server 6150	Supported.
Workgroup Server 7250	Supported.
Workgroup Server 7350	Supported.
Workgroup Server 8150	Supported.
Workgroup Server 8550	Supported.
Workgroup Server 9150	Supported.
Workgroup Server 9650	Supported.

PowerComputing:

Name	Comment
PowerBase	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
PowerWave 120, 132, 150	Supported.
PowerCenter 120, 132, 150	Supported.
PowerBase 180, 200	Supported.
PowerCenterPro 180, 210, 240	Supported.
PowerTowerPro 200, 225	Supported.

Umax:

Name	Comment
Pulsar	Supported.
C500	Supported.
C600	Supported. Refer to these instructions when installing on this and other machines with ATAPI CD-ROM drive.
J700	Supported.
S900	Supported.

Motorola:

Name	Comment
StarMax 3000	Supported.
StarMax 4000	Supported.
StarMax 5500	Supported.

Radius:

Name	Comment
Radius 81/110	Supported.

DayStar:

Name	Comment
Genesis MP-466+	Supported.

Notes:

Some of the high-end Power Macintoshes and Workgroup Servers use a PCI-based SCSI adapter to access Fast-Wide or Ultra-Wide SCSI devices. At this time, MkLinux cannot access SCSI devices attached via PCI adapters. In order to use MkLinux DR3 on these machines, you will need to attach a separate SCSI disk to the Macintosh's onboard or external SCSI connector.

Most CPU-Updates are supported. There are still some problems with Sonnet Nubus-CPU Cards. It is not known whether processor upgrades in the Level 2 cache slot on various PCI machines will work or not.

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