From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 2 19:38:47 2004 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 DA47416A4D0 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:38:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net (outbound01.telus.net [199.185.220.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F2943D46 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:38:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lusseau@telus.net) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (really [142.59.231.163]) by priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.netESMTP <20041102193846.QBCG22740.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@[192.168.0.100]>; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:38:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <764D7782-2A27-11D9-A56D-000A2798460C@telus.net> <734B0765-2A98-11D9-8661-000A2798460C@telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Maurice Andres Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:38:44 -0700 To: Shane Harbour X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 13:40:18 +0000 Subject: Re: redundant webpages 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: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:38:48 -0000 Thanks. I'm excited. As I will be looking for a OS X replacement ([I'm tired of how OS X runs on an old computer] on a imac DV 400 mhz), I'm will be looking to run my peripheries such as my scanner with sane, printer with gimp-print, and my external burner with firewire (USB could be an option). Open and Net bsds seem to be lacking in a lot of these areas, on the other hand it seems that FreeBSD has sane down packed. Will the mac-ppc version of FreeBsd have support for the areas mentioned? This is my concern. I read many of the correspondence at the mail archive. I also read the installation guide but I'm afraid that installing is not an option quite yet as it suggests to only install over a non-HFS+ partition ("free space" as created by disk utility). I have no such partition but only HFS+ and linux ext3 partitions. Andres PS-By not a complete OS, I take it there is no desktop environment yet. On 30-Oct-04, at 3:57 PM, Shane Harbour wrote: > The ISO is located at http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan. There's also > some other things there too. Some people have had great luck with it > and others not so great luck. It mostly just depends on your > hardware. You also won't get a full blown ready to use OS. The port > is still in the works. I highly recommend you read through the > FreeBSD-PPC mailing list archives to see what hardware seems to work > and what doesn't. Some say it's easier for them to cross-compile on > one machine and do a network boot. At any rate, read the archives. > They have a lot of good information in them. > > Shane > > On Oct 30, 2004, at 11:23 AM, Maurice Andres wrote: > >> Thanks for getting back. >> >> Great new to hear? But is it stable? Does it boot into full usable >> OS? And where is it kept? >> >> Andres >> >> On 30-Oct-04, at 8:34 AM, Shane Harbour wrote: >> >>> The pages located on webpagearchitects.net are only temporary. They >>> were posted there so everyone could review them before submitting >>> them to replace the old pages currently on the FreeBSD site. The >>> new pages were submitted to Peter Grehan who has worked diligently, >>> along with others, on the PPC port. At the moment, he is away with >>> limited e-mail access until about November. >>> >>> As for a bootable CD, quite a few individuals have FreeBSD running >>> on a myriad of PPC hardware. There is a bootable ISO or you can >>> create your own. >>> >>> Shane >>> >>> On Oct 29, 2004, at 9:54 PM, Maurice Andres wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not subscribing but why don't you guys consolidate info since >>>> you people have two pages on mac-ppc: >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html >>>> http://www.webpagearchitects.net/freebsd-ppc/ >>>> >>>> It might give the image that the project is not dead and provide >>>> some insight into BSD enthusiasts. This is important 'cause the >>>> 2002 page always shows up under a search from the main site and not >>>> the up to date june 2004 page. >>>> >>>> >>>> PS- How far is a stable bootable CD? I joke with friends that this >>>> project is a testing ground for apple OS X and therefore there will >>>> never be a FreeBSD mac-ppc release. The implication 'cause apple >>>> would not encourage it since that is its prime source. >>>> >>>> Chascon >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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" >>>> >>> >> >