9 Apr
2002
9 Apr
'02
2:11 a.m.
I'm looking into ways of setting up a "poor mans 3.3 developer toolkit" up
on a NeXT slab which currently has 3.3 user installed on a 100Mb hard disk.
Before I get too into the idea I thought I'd better ask if anyone on the
list has already tried and failed :-) I'm guessing that all I *really* need
are the includes - the libraries are already installed, and IIRC I can
cross-compile GNU tools on a Linux box (any idea what versions of compiler
etc were supplied with 3.3 Developer?). I'm happy to archive apps to floppy
to free up a bit more space if required. Any thoughts, NeXT fans on the
list?
I know it's probably easier to trawl for a copy of 3.3 Developer and just
install a bigger hard disk, but this way seems a bit more fun :-)
TIA
Al.
9 Apr
9 Apr
4:27 a.m.
I just bit the bullet and bought a 2.1gb connor drive to replace the 406
seagate on my slab. I got tired of trying to strip everything down to
fit and 2-4gb SCSI drives are so cheap on ebay or in surplus shops right
now. You just have to be careful. There are a lot of 50pin Seagate and
IBM drives out there that have been flashed by Compaq with custom
firmware. Compaq must have dumped a ton of them into the surplus
market. I've been buying 2.1gb drives for $6-7. They work fine on a pc
but the NeXT cubes and slabs choke on them. you get a ton of SCSI
errors if they are used as a boot drive. They work ok as a second
drive. I'm been experimenting with flashing the rom with ScsiTool from
www.nu2.nu, but haven't had much luck yet.
James
Alan Pearson wrote:
I'm looking into ways of setting up a "poor
mans 3.3 developer toolkit" up
on a NeXT slab which currently has 3.3 user installed on a 100Mb hard disk.
Before I get too into the idea I thought I'd better ask if anyone on the
list has already tried and failed :-) I'm guessing that all I *really* need
are the includes - the libraries are already installed, and IIRC I can
cross-compile GNU tools on a Linux box (any idea what versions of compiler
etc were supplied with 3.3 Developer?). I'm happy to archive apps to floppy
to free up a bit more space if required. Any thoughts, NeXT fans on the
list?
I know it's probably easier to trawl for a copy of 3.3 Developer and just
install a bigger hard disk, but this way seems a bit more fun :-)
TIA
Al.
.
4:57 a.m.
I actually would be very suprised if you could strip things
down enough to have a 'usable' system with the core 3.3 Developer
installed in under 100MB. Afterall, that would have to include the
swapfile as well as user space for whatever project you were working
on. I don't have a lot of extra stuff installed on mine, mainly just
CAPer, and the full NS 3.3 User and Developer isntalled takes nearly
300MB.
Jeff
I'm looking into ways of setting up a "poor
mans 3.3 developer toolkit" up
on a NeXT slab which currently has 3.3 user installed on a 100Mb hard disk.
Before I get too into the idea I thought I'd better ask if anyone on the
list has already tried and failed :-) I'm guessing that all I *really* need
are the includes - the libraries are already installed, and IIRC I can
cross-compile GNU tools on a Linux box (any idea what versions of compiler
etc were supplied with 3.3 Developer?). I'm happy to archive apps to floppy
to free up a bit more space if required. Any thoughts, NeXT fans on the
list?
I know it's probably easier to trawl for a copy of 3.3 Developer and just
install a bigger hard disk, but this way seems a bit more fun :-)
TIA
Al.
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