I actually am a Mac user and Mac owner, I just haven't used them recently. I heard that Linux can be installed on the 68030 based Macs, but one small problem. I don't have an external SCSI 1 CD-ROM drive. I do have an Internal 4X 50 pin SCSI 1 CD-ROM, but is there a Mac adapter to use the old Macintosh 68K SCSI ports? Am I going to shell out an arm and a leg to do this?

The thing that impresses me, is that the Mac SE/30 is an all in one unit, it has a BNC Ethernet connector, and I can set it up with an 80 or 500 meg SCSI drive and install Linux 68K on it (Debian 68K) and use it as a small server anywhere I go. System 6 and 7 are out of the question, they are no longer supported, but Linux still has a lot of life left in it, even for the 68030 platforms. I was going to get an Amiga 3000 and run Linux 68K on it, but a Mac should do just as fine.

Another trick, and I have never done this, is to install via a Network install disk and then do an FTP install. I can set up an FTP server on one of my local PC machines and then put the Linux 68K files there. But I cannot find any place on Google or IWON, or any other search engine on how to do this. That way I would not need the CD-ROM drive. My old "Using Linux" book was borrowed by a friend who also borrowed my one and only Cirrus Logic PCI video card that always worked with Linux, and the hardware I have for the PC won't do a Linux install. So I might have to use one of the Macs to run Linux.

Will 68K Linux be fast enough on a 68030 Mac SE/30 to run the X-Server? Will it be able to run GNOME or KDE? Or am I out of luck. No Linux 68K ports of Mozilla, or will Mozilla be able to be compiled for the 68K Linux system? Or am I stuck with an old Mosaic or an old version of Netscape?

Thanks.

Thanks I will look into those. If I can just make the network install disk with the right driver on it.