Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:14 +1100 From: Horst =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Burkhardt III <horst@sxemacs.org> To: Colin Dick <cdick@ocis.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 Install on an older Mac Mini Message-ID: <1231178414.24576.32.camel@horst-tla> In-Reply-To: <20090105162138.M45881@ocis.net> References: <20090105162138.M45881@ocis.net>
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--=-MSwOXegaZH0JLDSoulNG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 08:37 -0800, Colin Dick wrote: > Hi all, > I have been lurking in this list for a few months now and it seems that= the posts cover pretty advanced topics. Or at > least they seem to be advanced topics to me. I am wanting to load FreeBS= D onto one of these: >=20 > http://support.apple.com/kb/SP65 (the 1.25GHz model upgraded to 1G of RAM= ) >=20 > My intention is to replace a larger PC running Linux that is on its las= t legs with this small machine running FreeBSD > 7. I run a number of FreeBSD servers but all on the i386 platform. I th= ought if I could get it to load, the rest would > be the same? > It seems like I can boot the initial FreeBSD 7 disk and walk through th= e initial configuration (except for the section > for slicing the drive). I can pick my partitions etc... however, when in= stall goes to start, the partitions are not > found? I have read that it has something to do with the location of the = boot manager or where the loader is or something? >=20 > I think I am learning now that this concept is not for the faint of hea= rt and that I might be better to just give up > and find a new i386 machine to port my web/mysql/email/dns servers to. J= ust looking for some feedback from this forum > what my best options might be. Does anyone know of another forum, mailli= st, resource for people who are running > PPCFreeBSD as hosting servers? Thanks in advance. >=20 > -- > Colin Dick Hey Colin, Welcome to the list :) You are correct in that when you can get FreeBSD to load, it will be pretty much the same as FreeBSD/i386 - the only difference is you'll need to compile things because basically the packages aren't compiled as much for ppc (due to lack of hardware and cpu time as i understand it)... this shouldn't be an issue for you. No, the install isn't for the faint of heart, but thankfully the people on the -ppc list have been (in my experience) welcoming and exceedingly helpful. You should have an ok time getting FreeBSD running if you just have a little patience. FreeBSD-PPC as a hosting platform is no different to FreeBSD-i386 as a hosting platform, all the software is the same. If you want help, ##FreeBSD on the freenode IRC network will help you with general questions, and you may find some use hanging around bsdforums.=20 Some notes:=20 When compiling things, if you optimise for the 7455 chip in your computer, you will need to include=20 /--------------------------------------------------------------------- | -march=3D7450 -mtune=3D7455 -mno-altivec \--------------------------------------------------------------------- in your CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS - as the kernel does not yet understand Altivec instructions the ommission of -mno-altivec will cause Bad Shit=E2= =84=A2 to happen.=20 In order to partition your disk, you'll want to use the debian 4.0 netinst disc for mac, and set up as mac format partition tables.=20 Another option is to use Parted on a livecd like Finnix. The bootloader installation will require you to compile hfstools, unless you have a -CURRENT tree which has a small hfs filesystem image in it (as I understand it from stuff Nathan Whitehorn posted) This is just stuff from the lists that I ran across, it may hopefully spare you _some_ trouble.=20 If you have any questions, just ask on the list and someone more skilled (infinitely more skilled) than I can answer and help you :)=20 Once again, welcome, and I hope you enjoy the ride! :D -- Horst. --=-MSwOXegaZH0JLDSoulNG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkliSq4ACgkQRtTtv0BbTe7JeQCdEeIV/9YTV/ljpOA59qE9/3YK rzoAnR8lRKLdSKGa1WGYe9LqCO0dOvSE =uqtd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-MSwOXegaZH0JLDSoulNG--
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