From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 19:04:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57C5D16A4CE; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B9D43D4C; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drosih@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0MJ4VNS008828; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:04:32 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:04:31 -0500 To: Peter Grehan , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org From: Garance A Drosihn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:04:33 -0000 At 5:29 PM -0500 1/21/05, 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: [...url...] > > 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. Close, very close! I repartitioned my disk (using the Apple Disk Utility), leaving one partition for FreeBSD, and one for FreeBSD-swap. I booted up the most-recent FreeBSD/PPC install CD (by holding down the 'C' key while rebooting), and it works fine. I get all the way to where I should select installation media. I select "Install from a FreeBSD CD/DVD", and it says... No CD/DVD devices found! (even though it's running off of it!) I don't know what would be the best way to work around that, but I have to head for home right about now. (We're about to get hit with a major blizzard, according to the weather reports). Should I copy some of the files off the install-cd to one of my other freebsd boxes, and then point to that as an "ftp site" for install? I tried to say "use an existing filesystem", but that didn't get very far. I can use option-F1, option-F2, and option-F4 to switch between console screens, so I really have this feeling that "I'm almost there!". :-) Stupid blizzards... -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu