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Running Linux on a RiscPC – why is it so hard?
JP's Website Running Linux on a RiscPC - why is it so hard? Posted on 2025-12-02 Contents - Why the RiscPC? - Why Debian? - Are there other Linux distros for RiscPC? - Debian 2.2 (Potato) - Debian 3.0 (Woody) - A Woody Potato - Partitioning - Installing a Potato - New Plan - debootstrap - What about Debian 3.1 (Sarge)? - custom initd - Manually installing things - Conclusions I want to run Debian on my RiscPC, for reasons I'll get into. However, it was unexpectedly difficult to get working, and I want to record the process I went through.
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