Well I was thinking of building something like this, but someone did the work for me….
You can find various images here.
So needless to say, a special thank you goes to the dietpc guy… These are all set for MS Windows users, just download the VM you want, and you are ready to go. The only ‘issue’ I had with the PowerPC one, is that I needed to run fsck on the root and reboot it…. (remember the root password is foobar).
Other then that it seems happy as it can be.
root@dietpc3-dev-ppc:/usr/src/f2c# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 740/750
temperature : 62-64 C (uncalibrated)
clock : 1000.000000MHz
revision : 3.1 (pvr 0008 0301)
bogomips : 40.44
timebase : 16605783
platform : PowerMac
model : Power Macintosh
machine : Power Macintosh
motherboard : AAPL,PowerMac G3 MacRISC
detected as : 49 (PowerMac G3 (Silk))
pmac flags : 00000000
pmac-generation : OldWorld
I wouldn’t dream of really benching it, but this is better then blindly cross compiling as you can check your work…
The downloads are quite sizable about 450mb each… but it is a complete run & go linux environment.
And here is a gratuitous screenshot:
Thanks for the guide!
Actually, the password is mentioned on the setup page, but I wouldn't have found it otherwise.
Also, do note that the initial keyboard layout is US, so you have to type the correct keys accordingly.