Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 22:47:29 -0400 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Not spam: serious inquiry. ISO release 500+MB 05052013 boot problem on qemu Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOvivy60RZdXOSFMFewaJXiQwTLrEKvf-yu668yAWqogxA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130508111841.GA53678@FreeBSD.org> References: <CA%2BWntOsxVVvQoA-B11Ax1RznFEdGur11yFoJhrs69d1b7Dc-FQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAKLtBChowQeDYXzdd0-mTgFjsbvTeXMuhozw7i7G-ZnEjAQONA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOu-bHmBLg82739kr7tJB8mm2jnCcAfpK9UU35t0k3bevQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOtn7XbpfhTb=6V-fy4Bzc_QH2EWo1i4Co8AwBQkQB%2BAUA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOv-QwB30i6g7xmfEzDsewvRwTCLgEuZXJ8RoAJamWUGEw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BWntOvGhw%2BB9g8UBmq0gH0N7BDBqAPKQbGn%2BQKPmVO=WBHJeg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKLtBCgg0U=pS9tjFy7pYJk-3AyRjMxhNVzPbzT2p7WErmnr9g@mail.gmail.com> <20130508111841.GA53678@FreeBSD.org>
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Thanks everyone. Sorry. If I can get a bootable 10 image, then I should be able to install ports by importing software. FreeBSD runs great on the older PowerMacs and can build with 400MHz and 384M RAM without choking. I had trouble setting up NetBSD. Linux needs 500MHz or better, 512M RAM, and the kernel has to be recompiled. I did OpenBSD but you need the same system requirements as Linux to compile. If I need Linux Compat then I'll see about using NetBSD as an additional machine. Again, this is for an audio project for a friend. On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 05:42:04AM -0400, Michael Copeland wrote: > > If you're having that much trouble, I'll cross compile 10 for ppc32 and > > make dist for you. I'll host it on my server or I'll put it on box.com > > I'll mail it to you if you want. This is not a Tier 1 system, you're not > > going to get as much attention as you would from the other lists. These > > systems are beyond of life. [...] > > In Desmond's defense, I'd say that playing and relentlessly trying to > breathe a life into those old machines and make them run FreeBSD helps the > Project to build nice and more stable system overall. While he probably > could have had more luck if he had switched to NetBSD or GNU/Linux, I guess > we owe him something for being so keen on running FreeBSD. That keenness > deserves him some help if/when we here (that is, on this list) can provide. > > ./danfe >
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