From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 06:06:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FAD016A4CF for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:06:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.146.176.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B00643D45 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:06:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cguttesen@yahoo.dk) Received: (qmail 44675 invoked by uid 60001); 16 Jan 2005 06:06:02 -0000 Message-ID: <20050116060602.44673.qmail@web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Received: from [194.248.174.50] by web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:06:02 CET Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 07:06:02 +0100 (CET) From: Claus Guttesen To: Peter Grehan , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <41D4B6BD.3050705@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: PPC miniinst.iso available X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:06:04 -0000 > Let me know how it goes! Works fine on my dual G4 @ 1.25 Ghz, I've installed portupgrade, screen and some other small ports, very nice ;-) I also tried to rebuild world and UP-kernel without problems, but a SMP-kernel stops with this error: /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c: In function `forward_wakeup': /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: warning: implicit declaration of function `ipi_selected' /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: warning: nested extern declaration of `ipi_selected' /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: error: `IPI_AST' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: error: for each function it appears in.) In file included from /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1319: /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_switch.c: In function `maybe_preempt_in_ksegrp': /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_switch.c:426: warning: nested extern declaration of `ipi_selected' /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: warning: redundant redeclaration of 'ipi_selected' /usr/src/sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c:1063: warning: previous implicit declaration of 'ipi_selected' was here /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_switch.c:426: error: `IPI_AST' undeclared (first use in this function) *** Error code 1 Is there anything I can contribute with to solve this? Thank you for bringing FreeBSD to Mac. Claus From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 06:50:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165C416A4CE for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:50:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from liberty.onthenet.com.au (liberty.OntheNet.com.au [203.22.124.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63DF643D39 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:50:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from [203.144.31.113] (CPE-31-113.dsl.onthenet.net [203.144.31.113]) j0G6o7nP003187; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:50:07 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <41EA0FDF.2060001@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:55:27 +1000 From: Peter Grehan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041016 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Claus Guttesen References: <20050116060602.44673.qmail@web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050116060602.44673.qmail@web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPC miniinst.iso available X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:50:10 -0000 Hi Claus, > Works fine on my dual G4 @ 1.25 Ghz, I've installed > portupgrade, screen and some other small ports, very > nice ;-) Great to hear ! > I also tried to rebuild world and UP-kernel without > problems, but a SMP-kernel stops with this error: SMP isn't supported yet. You'll have to use UP for the time being. later, Peter. From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 21:02:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8712316A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:02:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.146.176.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C15B443D45 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:02:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cguttesen@yahoo.dk) Received: (qmail 69290 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Jan 2005 21:02:16 -0000 Message-ID: <20050117210216.69288.qmail@web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Received: from [194.248.174.50] by web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:02:16 CET Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:02:16 +0100 (CET) From: Claus Guttesen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: undefined ref. in libpam X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:02:18 -0000 Hi. Having installed Peter's 6.0-snapshot from late dec. I performed a successfull world/kernel build. Then I synced sources from Jan. 16-17'th and 'make buildworld' would core dump at kerberos5 before I applied the following patch as suggested by this page: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2004-July/000606.html Then buildworld stops with this error: /usr/obj/usr/src/powerpc/usr/lib/libpam.so: undefined reference to `openpam_static' I can't find any workarounds on this issue, can any of you shed a light on this? regards Claus From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 22:14:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E4A16A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:14:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7923343D45 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:14:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julianmayer@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id j0HMEH6B024055 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:14:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (chello062178213223.10.15.tuwien.teleweb.at [62.178.213.223]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j0HMEBof001516 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:14:14 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1D4F8056-68D5-11D9-8C44-000A95C2EA1C@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org From: Julian Mayer Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:14:11 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:14:17 -0000 Peter Grehan wrote: >> Any recommendations for dynamically resizing an HFS+ partition? > > > Alas no. A clone of growfs for HFS+ would be a difficult > project to say the least ! > > later, > > Peter. there are one free and three commercial options to do hfs+ resize: GNU parted: there are hfs+ resize patches to GNU parted as well as pre-built linux binaries available at: http://xilun.nerim.net/Projet/Parted/ you should be able to get this going with linux, (free)bsd and macosx (this is also what is used on gentoo-ppc to provide format-free install options) iPartition: this is a commercial application for Mac OS X, i've personally tried it out and it did work http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php VolumeWorks: this is a commercial application for Mac OS X http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/product_info.php?products_id=431 PartitionToolkit: this is a commercial application for Mac OS 9, i've also tried this one and it did work too http://www.fwb.com/html/partition_toolkit.html maybe gnu parted with hfs+ resize patches could also be added to the FreeBSD ppc install process? hope that helps, julian From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 06:48:23 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCAB316A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:48:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from liberty.onthenet.com.au (liberty.OntheNet.com.au [203.22.124.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F3243D45 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:48:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from [203.144.31.113] (CPE-31-113.dsl.onthenet.net [203.144.31.113]) j0J6mLnP015653; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:48:21 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <41EE03F4.4080909@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:53:40 +1000 From: Peter Grehan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041016 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Mayer References: <1D4F8056-68D5-11D9-8C44-000A95C2EA1C@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <1D4F8056-68D5-11D9-8C44-000A95C2EA1C@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:48:23 -0000 > there are one free and three commercial options to do hfs+ resize: > > GNU parted: there are hfs+ resize patches to GNU parted as well as > pre-built linux binaries available at: > http://xilun.nerim.net/Projet/Parted/ > you should be able to get this going with linux, (free)bsd and macosx > (this is also what is used on gentoo-ppc to provide format-free install > options) Thanks Julian, I'll have a look at parted, and the commercial ones are a good option for those who don't wish to re-install OSX just to run FreeBSD :) later, Peter. From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 11:02:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7531C16A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:02:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from moof.catpipe.net (moof.catpipe.net [195.249.214.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2DE243D48 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:02:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from regnauld@catpipe.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.catpipe.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09F770603 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:02:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from moof.catpipe.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moof.catpipe.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 36298-04 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:02:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from vinyl.catpipe.net (vinyl.catpipe.net [195.249.214.189]) by moof.catpipe.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EF97061D for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:02:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by vinyl.catpipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1006) id A95F71829A7; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:00:40 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:00:40 +0100 From: Phil Regnauld To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050119110040.GE87408@catpipe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at catpipe.net Subject: PCI device support in PPC port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:02:16 -0000 Hi there, I have an Adaptec 2930 or similar lying around -- what are the chances it will function under FreeBSD/PPC ? I seem to remember that PCI device initialization and firmware are not the same for i386 vs. PPC. Any idea ? Phil From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 19 23:55:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF54716A4E8 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:55:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from liberty.onthenet.com.au (liberty.OntheNet.com.au [203.22.124.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E7B43D45 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:55:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from [203.144.31.113] (CPE-31-113.dsl.onthenet.net [203.144.31.113]) j0JNt5nP017445; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:55:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <41EEF498.5050902@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:24 +1000 From: Peter Grehan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041016 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phil Regnauld References: <20050119110040.GE87408@catpipe.net> In-Reply-To: <20050119110040.GE87408@catpipe.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI device support in PPC port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:55:32 -0000 Hi Phil, > I have an Adaptec 2930 or similar lying around -- what are the chances > it will function under FreeBSD/PPC ? I seem to remember that PCI device > initialization and firmware are not the same for i386 vs. PPC. Any idea ? I suspect that it will work, but you won't be able to boot from it. OpenFirmware requires Forth FCode in ROMs for non-trivial devices e.g. ethernet, SCSI, video cards. later, Peter. From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 21:15:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA4016A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:15:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.finnovative.net (h204-247-59-114.ncal.verio.net [204.247.59.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ABE843D4C for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:15:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linuxuser@finnovative.net) Received: from [192.168.55.105] ([192.168.55.105]) by mail.finnovative.net over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:15:29 -0800 Message-ID: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:15:29 -0800 From: Joaquin Menchaca User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jan 2005 21:15:29.0200 (UTC) FILETIME=[555AB300:01C4FFFE] Subject: Mac mini and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:15:29 -0000 What do people thinking about the Mac mini (http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little computer is just so so tempting. :-) Think there should be any issues? - joaquin From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 22:29:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A12616A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF6AA43D58 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0LMT95x002619; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:29:10 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:29:08 -0500 To: Joaquin Menchaca , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:29:13 -0000 At 1:15 PM -0800 1/21/05, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: >What do people thinking about the Mac mini >(http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little >computer is just so so tempting. :-) > >Think there should be any issues? In a reply to one of my recent messages, Peter said: I'd say there's a very good chance [that FreeBSD/PPC will work on the Mac-mini]. My guess is that it's Powerbook-style internals, i.e. the Intrepid ASIC: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/index.html And there shouldn't be any issues with that. I can use a Mac-mini for other purposes if it does not work out with FreeBSD/PPC, so I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow to see if I can get to the local Apple Store early enough to pick one up. If I succeed at that, I'll let people on this list know how well I make out with FreeBSD/PPC on it. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 23:58:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3BD16A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:58:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A07243D39 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:58:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leimy2k@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id j0LNwaNW004929; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:58:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-24-17-100-138.client.comcast.net [24.17.100.138]) (authenticated bits=0)j0LNwYor015940; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:58:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5AE2178E-6C08-11D9-9DB7-000A959815C2@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Leimbach Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:58:32 -0800 To: Garance A Drosihn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:58:41 -0000 And once you have FreeBSD PPC... you can do weird stuff like this: http://www.macminicolo.net/faq.html Ok it's not that weird. Dave On Jan 21, 2005, at 2:29 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:15 PM -0800 1/21/05, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: >> What do people thinking about the Mac mini >> (http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little >> computer is just so so tempting. :-) >> >> Think there should be any issues? > > In a reply to one of my recent messages, Peter said: > > I'd say there's a very good chance [that FreeBSD/PPC will work on > the Mac-mini]. My guess is that it's Powerbook-style internals, > i.e. the Intrepid ASIC: > > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/ > Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/index.html > > And there shouldn't be any issues with that. > > I can use a Mac-mini for other purposes if it does not work out with > FreeBSD/PPC, so I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow to see if > I can get to the local Apple Store early enough to pick one up. If I > succeed at that, I'll let people on this list know how well I make > out with FreeBSD/PPC on it. > > -- > Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu > Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 19:04:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C5D16A4CE; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B9D43D4C; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0MJ4VNS008828; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:04:32 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:04:31 -0500 To: Peter Grehan , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:33 -0000 At 5:29 PM -0500 1/21/05, Garance A Drosihn wrote: >At 1:15 PM -0800 1/21/05, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: >>What do people thinking about the Mac mini >>(http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little >>computer is just so so tempting. :-) >> >>Think there should be any issues? > >In a reply to one of my recent messages, Peter said: > > I'd say there's a very good chance [that FreeBSD/PPC will work on > the Mac-mini]. My guess is that it's Powerbook-style internals, > i.e. the Intrepid ASIC: [...url...] > > And there shouldn't be any issues with that. > >I can use a Mac-mini for other purposes if it does not work out with >FreeBSD/PPC, so I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow to see if >I can get to the local Apple Store early enough to pick one up. If I >succeed at that, I'll let people on this list know how well I make >out with FreeBSD/PPC on it. Close, very close! I repartitioned my disk (using the Apple Disk Utility), leaving one partition for FreeBSD, and one for FreeBSD-swap. I booted up the most-recent FreeBSD/PPC install CD (by holding down the 'C' key while rebooting), and it works fine. I get all the way to where I should select installation media. I select "Install from a FreeBSD CD/DVD", and it says... No CD/DVD devices found! (even though it's running off of it!) I don't know what would be the best way to work around that, but I have to head for home right about now. (We're about to get hit with a major blizzard, according to the weather reports). Should I copy some of the files off the install-cd to one of my other freebsd boxes, and then point to that as an "ftp site" for install? I tried to say "use an existing filesystem", but that didn't get very far. I can use option-F1, option-F2, and option-F4 to switch between console screens, so I really have this feeling that "I'm almost there!". :-) Stupid blizzards... -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu