Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:34:49 -0400 From: Matt Johnson <matt@damnsw.net> To: "digithrope" <digithrope@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd on an imac Message-ID: <l03130300b7a8bbea5850@[66.30.209.138]> In-Reply-To: <3B830AB0.ABE74855@hotmail.com>
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The ISOs are bootable only on i386, aka garden variety PCs. A PC boot CD obviously won't work on a Mac, so you would need a separate CD for the PowerPC install... ...assuming there was even a working PowerPC port, which unfortunately, there is not at the moment. The progress has been fairly slow but deliberate, and eventually PowerPC based NewWorld Macs (iMacs, G4s, etc.) will likely be able to boot FreeBSD. That is a very long way off, though. For the time being it is recommended that you subscribe to this mailing list for the latest info on FreeBSD/ppc. Regards, Matt >i seem to be having trouble installing freebsd 4.3 on my old 'b' imac. >i've downloaded an image, copied it to cd, and tried booting from it. >i've also tried booting from a cd containing the kern file and the boot >file. > >when i boot from the cd-rom drive it seems like my machine is somehow >bypassing the "c" command on startup and simply boots into good 'ol os >9.1. > >i've also tried restarting through the startup disk control panel but >since the freebsd disc doesn't contain a system folder, the startup disk >control panel won't let me select it to boot on startup. > >do i need some kind of a different freebsd disc? or could i have not >properly copied the files i downloaded? (i burned the files onto a data >cd using toast) > >any help would be much appreciated. > > >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 messagehome | help
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