From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 12 20:06:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8885016A41A for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [IPv6:2001:41c8:1:548a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F9E13C459 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:7d94:e89:7310:f774] (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:7d94:e89:7310:f774]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC4683031E; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:06:43 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47891DC3.70405@cran.org.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:06:27 +0000 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Dill References: <3941D920-453A-458C-B2CC-88294F7BCF31@cfl.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <3941D920-453A-458C-B2CC-88294F7BCF31@cfl.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: G5 Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:06:45 -0000 Stephen Dill wrote: > According to grehan: > FreeBSD/PPC 6.0-RELEASE install.iso > ------------------------------------ > Please note! This is a very preliminary so all caveats apply. > Adventurous users only! > 1. Supported h/w > G5 - nope. > Is this still true and does it also apply to the new 7.0 release? > Thanks, Steve According to a recent post on ppc@ (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2007-December/002527.html) FreeBSD doesn't run on G5/PPC970 hardware. -- Bruce Cran