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From: "Philip Schulz" <philip.s.schulz@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Apple G4 PowerPC
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Hi,

2008/6/22 dandantheitman <dandantheitman@gmail.com>:
> Morning All,
>
> I have been an avid apple mac user for a couple of years and have
> decided to give FreeBSD a whirl on my PowerBook G4.  So went ahead and
> downloaded the latest FreeBSD7 release for PPC and have attempted to
> install it.
>
> However  FreeBSD 7 does not detect my hard drive when I try to
> partition and slice it.  I have looked in the FreeBSD handbook, but it
> doesn't tell me alot.
>

I think what you're seeing is described in PR power/93203.

There are  instructions on how to install FreeBSD on PowerPC out
there, but I can't find them right now.

For PowerPC-specific questions ppc@freebsd.org is a good place to ask.

HTH,

Philip