Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:09:25 -0400 From: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> To: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Where would I look to find release 8.1 iso files ? Message-ID: <cbaca78a-fda9-363b-46dd-d68822b58b23@blastwave.org> In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTDOr%2BMgz8Cc9ntqEqSgSAMdF=daukxStRXg_otNhttYmA@mail.gmail.com> References: <775bd926-9937-7022-0f51-cf0b745d04ea@blastwave.org> <CAHSQbTACC8%2B96Ls5tHTkFYCp-dq5YdDUjuHfj-4c4Khfz2U6iQ@mail.gmail.com> <2feb3b83-b2a9-42a5-8c64-cd7d2c76c31b@blastwave.org> <CAHSQbTDOr%2BMgz8Cc9ntqEqSgSAMdF=daukxStRXg_otNhttYmA@mail.gmail.com>
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> Yeah we currently use GCC for PowerPC. Llvm is coming along but still > needs some care. Perfect. I will be doing a bootstrap of gcc 7.2.0 in any case. > I did download the FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-dvd1.iso.xz > file from a mirror but it looks way way too small. Shouldn't the install > DVD be around 3GB in size? Uncompressed this is only 878MB. > > Dennis > > > That sounds right. We don't have previously packages for PowerPC right > now, so the DVD is my smaller than for x86. Even more perfect. Stripped down and bare bones is just fine. So long as there is a console, very basic networking and ssh as well as gcc and some sort of termcap setup then I am fine. If I had it my way there would be a serial console at 9600 baud 8n1. No need for X. Yet. Dennis
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