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Re: "Linux ported to non MMU system"



>> install normal Linux/68k (68030), but no use of Linux for me as long as
>> the system is not GEM compatible. So I prefer MiNT.
>
>If you run MiNTOS on a standard ST you're probably not using GEM (that
>would cripple both MiNTOS and GEM) anyway. The biggest problem would
>probably be the lack of memory, I can't imagine that you can do
>anything sensible with Linux on a 4Mb machine without VM.

Hopefully there are several memory extensions for ST up to 16 MB of memory.

BTW, have you noticed the 68000 Linux kernel takes only 76 kB of memory? I
don't get it - the regular 68030 kernel takes more than 500 kB...

Petr