Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:44:15 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for Macs? Message-ID: <422A363F.1@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20050305212637.GG4394@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <2b50dc97050305102439f6ffcb@mail.gmail.com> <20050305212637.GG4394@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sat, 2005-Mar-05 09:24:42 -0900, Sam Cole wrote: > >>I'm sort of a novice about different types of processors and operating >>systems other than Windows. Is there a version of FreeBSD that will >>run on Apple's g4/g5 processors? > > > There is some work being done in -current (which will be released as > FreeBSD 6.x, probably next year) but I'm not sure what state it is in. > > At this stage, the closest you'll get to FreeBSD on a g4 is Mac OS-X. > FreeBSD/ppc is actually making good progress. There are instructions for installing a custom build at: http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/miniinst.txt http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/miniinst.iso It's not for the faint of heart, and it probably isn't as stable as the other platforms, but it's a good start. Scott
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