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James Jeffery wrote:
> Was wondering.
> 
> Can i put FreeBSD on a Quicksilver G4?
> 
> I know it already has Tiger on it, which is BSD based, but i have no
> use for Tiger at the moment.
> At college were using Windows, and my old BSD box now has windows on
> it so that i can keep
> up with college assignments.
> 
> I still have BSD on the box, but on another partition, i loved FreeBSD
> 7, was really getting the
> hang of it and testing out its web server capabilities, its a
> nightmare switching the PC on and
> off just to run a temp web server to test on.
> 
> Is it possible or is there a better solution?
> 
> Cheers

http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html

I haven't tried it out yet, but I plan on installing it on an old G4 I 
have that's currently running Yellow Dog.

Best regards,
Greg Groth