Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:16:01 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-ppc@dino.sk> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD on Mac Mini Message-ID: <20111115101601.2f9fe255@atom.dino.sk>
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Hi, one week ago I've got a G4 Mac Mini for cheap, and I decided to try FreeBSD on it. So far I was able to use standard install CD media, using FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201102-powerpc-disc1.iso image from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201102/ directory. It took me a bit of trial and error to create workable disc layout, mainly because I did not get in touch with Macs before and basically know nothing about openfirmware :) Now it works, I completed full system rebuild from sources twice. So far, so good. I installed X from ports and here comes first question. I have Samsung monitor connected to mini via DVI. In 'text' mode monitor says 1920x1080, I have 65 lines of text, each 200 characters long, it looks like 'used' screen area has 1600x1050 dimension or something like this. In X, however, monitor says mode is only 1280x960. As it works in console mode in 1920x1080, it must be possible to use this in X too. Needless to say, it uses this mode in Mac OS X, too. I use ati driver here. And one more question - I looked for dual boot configs, but did not find any FreeBSD + Mac OS X combo. I will try something, again, when I will either free another HDD for this purpose (there are files I would like to preserve, and it takes some time to put them somewhere else) or buy a new one (a bit bigger, but HDDs are somewhat more costly these days), but if someone already did this and have some notes to share, I'll be just glad. Also, I plan to test bsdinstaller found on page http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDInstall - just to see if it will be easier to proceed, even if it seems to be a bit older than snapshot used. That's for now. If anybody has some hints fro me, needs some more data to answer my questions or would like me to test something, just let me know. As soon as I have some more time I plan to write about my experiences gained so other could benefit from my tests as well. Regards, Milan
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