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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:02:35 +1000
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        Andrew McCall <mccall@digitalparadise.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation Instructions?
Message-ID:  <3F6EE4DB.E0E6A57F@freebsd.org>
References:  <FC4D79F1-E94F-11D7-B001-0030654C9680@digitalparadise.co.uk>

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Hi Andrew,

> I think I have done enough "thinking" of installing FreeBSD recently,
> and I should actually try and install it :)  I have been looking
> around, and I can't actually see any installation instructions!  Come
> to think of it - I can't even find anywhere to download it!
> 
> Are there any FreeBSD/PPC install guides anywhere?  Do I have to
> install it on a x86 machine and cross-compile?

 I'll try and put some instructions together, as well as putting up a
-current tarball. Basically, you can netboot, and either run diskless 
or untar a dist onto an unused partition (after newfs'ing it).

later,

Peter.



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