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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/ .
> 
> 
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