Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:51:28 -0700 (MST) From: James.Sarrett@asu.edu To: justin@shiningsilence.com Cc: Freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question? Message-ID: <1027356688.3d3c381051d31@webmail.asu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200207201429.39103.justin@shiningsilence.com> References: <001201c22ff9$78e8a570$459691c8@alguma> <200207201429.39103.justin@shiningsilence.com>
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I think the 43p might work (it's supported by linuxppc which has similar hardware requirements), but you'll have to try it for yourself, and compile in support for your H/W. which may or may not be ppc kernel compatible. -James Quoting "Justin C. Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com>: > On Saturday 20 July 2002 10:26, Tiburcio(ns) wrote: > > I have a rs 6000 series 250 / 43p / 410 > > and a PowerServer 570. > > I'd like to know if it's possible to install the FreeBSD in those > machines? > > I don't know for sure, but I don't think either of those machines are > architectures currently supported by FreeBSD; right now your best bet is > a > x86 or Alpha-processor based machine. (This mailing list is for > discussion > of a port to PowerPC processors, which is not yet usable.) > > From the FAQ: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859- 1/books/faq/hardware.html#ARCHITECTURES > > If you need a BSD-style Unix for those computers immediately, I'd > suggest > looking at http://www.netbsd.org/ . > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message
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