From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 28 06:32:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B7E106566C for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:32:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E908FC12 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [88.217.80.161] (helo=localhost.my.domain) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Sv0ZK-0000LJ-SI; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:32:07 +0200 Received: from localhost.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q6S6W5OT002255; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:32:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id q6S6W3WC002254; Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:32:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:32:03 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Robert Bonomi Message-ID: <20120728063203.GA2200@tinyCurrent> References: <1343129654.559.YahooMailNeo@web140701.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <201207241223.q6OCN3SR063819@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <201207241223.q6OCN3SR063819@mail.r-bonomi.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT r214444 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 88.217.80.161 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, mru258@yahoo.com Subject: Re: is it possible to install freebsd on tablet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:32:10 -0000 El día Tuesday, July 24, 2012 a las 07:23:03AM -0500, Robert Bonomi escribió: > > > From: Mr U > > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:34:14 -0700 (PDT) > > Subject: is it possible to install freebsd on tablet? > > > > hi > > > > I have a question, is it possible to install freebsd (or netbsd) on an > > android tablet? > > Authoritative answer: > "Theoetically poszible? yes. > Realistically doable? Maybe". > > And it's a _big_ "maybe". > > It depends on the -exact- hardware details of the tablet device in question. > > If the particular make/model of tablet is not explicitly listed in the > 'supported hardware' list ffor the vesion of FreeBSD that you are consideing, > then it will take a -lot- of research to deteming whether FreeBSD will > run without modification on that device. > ... I would be better to spent such efforts in porting FreeBSD to an open device, and not to such propriety beast; there have been steps in the past to port to Openmoko Freerunner: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/FreeBSD I'm using such a mobile as my one and only daily cell phone, but it still runs a Linux distribution, SHR http://www.shr-project.org/trac/wiki matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ UNIX since V7 on PDP-11 | UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2 | FreeBSD since 2.2.5