Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:27:47 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: Samhain <stonem@ica.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: macs? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980213162404.29521A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980213131054.6372A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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For a PPC Macintosh, there are two options I know of. There's MkLinux which is endorsed by Apple (http://www.mklinux.apple.com), then there's LinuxPPC (http://www.linuxppc.org). Both of which pale in comparison to FreeBSD. I am currently using MkLinux DR2.1r6 on a PPC Mac 8500/150, and it's slow and VERY buggy. There is a great deal of beauty in FreeBSD's unified distribution, and small install hunks that Linux seems to lack. On the BSD side for PPC, OpenBSD (http://www.openbsd.org) is developping a developer release for PPC. Joe Clarke On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > Hi, > > Just wondering, if I were to fry a Mac's HD, could I install/run FreeBSD? > > I have a PowerPC that's just collecting dust, and I want to learn Unix, so > > I was just curious if it could be done.. > > thanks in advance, > > Samhain > > "Evil will always triumph, because Good is dumb." > > FreeBSD does not run on Macintosh. For a PowerPC, I think your only > choice's are Linux, and Apple's version of UNIX. There may be some other > Unix like OS available, but thats all I know. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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