Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 13:26:44 +0700 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> To: Al Zick <al@familysafeinternet.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best Hardware Message-ID: <20180208062644.GA63726@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <6351A95F-C3CC-4ECD-82D0-9DF00DD75D8B@familysafeinternet.com> References: <6351A95F-C3CC-4ECD-82D0-9DF00DD75D8B@familysafeinternet.com>
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On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 05:09:54PM -0500, Al Zick wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best hardware for running FreeBSD on PPC? Assuming you mean 32-bit PowerPC, I'm running 12.0-CURRENT r302710 (that is pre-ino64 and pre-64-bit-time_t) with no software-related problems. There is one hardware-related problem, but that's not Apple's fault: I'm using SATA-IDE adapter (this allows to use larger HDDs instead of 320GB WD Blue, the largest 2.5" IDE drive available on the market) and it often would fail to boot and I have to power-cycle the machine a few times until it passes through. Sometimes (rarely) it fails during heavy disk activity (e.g. building ports in the tinderbox). On-board NIC and USB work fine, even sound works, but there's no mixer so it's not easily possible to control the volume. ./danfe
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