Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:58:32 -0800 From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD Message-ID: <5AE2178E-6C08-11D9-9DB7-000A959815C2@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <p06200731be1731cf8ec8@[128.113.24.47]> References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> <p06200731be1731cf8ec8@[128.113.24.47]>
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And once you have FreeBSD PPC... you can do weird stuff like this: http://www.macminicolo.net/faq.html Ok it's not that weird. Dave On Jan 21, 2005, at 2:29 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 1:15 PM -0800 1/21/05, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: >> What do people thinking about the Mac mini >> (http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little >> computer is just so so tempting. :-) >> >> Think there should be any issues? > > In a reply to one of my recent messages, Peter said: > > I'd say there's a very good chance [that FreeBSD/PPC will work on > the Mac-mini]. My guess is that it's Powerbook-style internals, > i.e. the Intrepid ASIC: > > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/ > Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/index.html > > And there shouldn't be any issues with that. > > I can use a Mac-mini for other purposes if it does not work out with > FreeBSD/PPC, so I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow to see if > I can get to the local Apple Store early enough to pick one up. If I > succeed at that, I'll let people on this list know how well I make > out with FreeBSD/PPC on it. > > -- > Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu > Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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