From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 19 16:02:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D79E16A41B for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:02:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C0E13C45B for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:02:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0JTB00CZK0KLGO00@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:02:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.173.59]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0JTB001OC0KL7BM0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:02:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:02:44 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20071219170244.9b52bbcc.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <9cf5ced20712190556t19a13278p54671bd18d2ae902@mail.gmail.com> References: <9cf5ced20712131308j72173957u8656386d2330e982@mail.gmail.com> <4761A790.6060501@freebsd.org> <9cf5ced20712131507o55377136w90a61c921bf1c106@mail.gmail.com> <9cf5ced20712131853r2c764c9bj3121235eef12cbb1@mail.gmail.com> <47621F28.6070703@freebsd.org> <9cf5ced20712140537i5438f99eia4bd3aa82585fa97@mail.gmail.com> <4762AB8E.8010308@freebsd.org> <998654FC-D003-4B80-9339-C4165DB5336C@mac.com> <9cf5ced20712190556t19a13278p54671bd18d2ae902@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.3; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: What machine(s) is the PPC iso suposed to boot on? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:02:47 -0000 On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:56:17 -0500 David Frascone wrote: > Status Update: > > With everyone's help, I did manage to get my iBook booting to BSD > (with manual intervention ;), and is even working as a NIS and amd > client. > > So -- things are going VERY well. > > I was a little surprised, however, that there was no powerpc ports > tree. Oh well, at least I have gcc and bash ;) The ports tree is common to all archs, AFAIK. Many ports (not all) install fine on PPC. Example: root@kg-g4# uname -a FreeBSD kg-g4.kg4.no 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #2: Sun Nov 18 19:58:46 CET 2007 root@kg-g4.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc root@kg-g4# portversion -v | wc -l 308 HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway