Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 08:08:25 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on PPC (G4) Message-ID: <200705250808.26059.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <20070525214536.4f63c447@localhost> References: <20070525214536.4f63c447@localhost>
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On Friday 25 May 2007 06:45:36 Norberto Meijome wrote:
> Hi guys and gals,
> I've got a PowerMac G4 model M8570 with OSX. I would like to give one of
> the OSS versions of BSD a try on this machine.
>
> The NetBSD page for the ppc port seems to indicate better support than
> FreeBSD's, though I'd prefer FBSD.
>
> Does anyone know how well would it actually work ?
>
> thanks!
> _________________________
> {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome
>
I too have a G4 (cube), and i try from time to time to get freebsd installed
on it. current state of affairs last i tried, was the the ppc sysinstall was
not able to write changes to a partition table (ie, cannot remove old and
then recreate new) partitions. also, the boot loader is a bit screwy, and i
decided i would try again later when things worked more like they do on i386.
http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html
forgive my foul language, but linux-ppc works like a charm.
cheers,
--
Jonathan Horne
http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org
freebsd@dfwlp.com
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