From owner-freebsd-ppc Mon Jul 22 9:52:39 2002 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 4D58837B400 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post2.inre.asu.edu (post2.inre.asu.edu [129.219.110.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B684F43E4A for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:52:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from James.Sarrett@asu.edu) Received: from conversion.post2.inre.asu.edu by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40111) id <0GZN00A01THTT7@asu.edu> for Freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:51:29 -0700 (MST) Received: from webmail1.asu.edu (webmail1.asu.edu [129.219.117.230]) by asu.edu (PMDF V6.1 #40111) with ESMTP id <0GZN008M8THTUX@asu.edu>; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:51:29 -0700 (MST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by webmail1.asu.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g6MGpSs10639; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:51:28 -0700 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:51:28 -0700 (MST) From: James.Sarrett@asu.edu Subject: Re: Question? In-reply-to: <200207201429.39103.justin@shiningsilence.com> X-Originating-IP: 129.219.151.91 To: justin@shiningsilence.com Cc: Freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <1027356688.3d3c381051d31@webmail.asu.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.3 References: <001201c22ff9$78e8a570$459691c8@alguma> <200207201429.39103.justin@shiningsilence.com> X-Authentication-warning: webmail1.asu.edu: nobody set sender to jsarret@imap1.asu.edu using -f Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" : > 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