Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 08:05:22 -0700 From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> To: jade@oxymail.org Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Xserve ? Message-ID: <2B4221DF-04CD-11D9-8975-000A95AFBEB4@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <1094981403.4144171bad11f@oxymail.org> References: <1094981403.4144171bad11f@oxymail.org>
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I don't think we have G5 support yet. G5's are significantly different from G4s in a few ways that really matter to operating systems. Missing BAT registers and other "fun stuff" like fan-drivers have meant that even platforms that support 64bit PPC don't necessarily support G5 [like the L4 microkernels I've been playing with] Dave On Sep 12, 2004, at 2:30 AM, jade@oxymail.org wrote: > Hello, > > I'm planning on buying an Apple Xserve G5 bi-processor. I know mac os > X (server) > is running on it and that's a modified version of freebsd. > So here are my questions : > > - I've been using freebsd for a while now and if I buy the Xserve I'd > very much > like to replace mac os X by a freebsd 5.2 / 5.3 if this is possible. My > motivations are that I want to make intensive use of Jails and > Mandatory Access > Control (MAC). I'd also like to recompile the whole thing with stack > protection > (if possible). > > Yet I have no idea if Mac os X can run jails, and MAC (anyone an idea > here ?), > but if not, I'd switch to Freebie. > > So in general : > - has anyone experienced the change > - would it be difficult to replace OS X by FreeBSD ? > - would it be possible to run these options (Jails,MAC,stack > protection) on this > hardware ? > > Thanks for the hints, because I'm a little lost. > > By, > Jade. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > Free Mail at http://www.oxymail.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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