Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:02:44 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What machine(s) is the PPC iso suposed to boot on? Message-ID: <20071219170244.9b52bbcc.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <9cf5ced20712190556t19a13278p54671bd18d2ae902@mail.gmail.com> References: <9cf5ced20712131308j72173957u8656386d2330e982@mail.gmail.com> <4761A790.6060501@freebsd.org> <9cf5ced20712131507o55377136w90a61c921bf1c106@mail.gmail.com> <9cf5ced20712131853r2c764c9bj3121235eef12cbb1@mail.gmail.com> <47621F28.6070703@freebsd.org> <9cf5ced20712140537i5438f99eia4bd3aa82585fa97@mail.gmail.com> <4762AB8E.8010308@freebsd.org> <998654FC-D003-4B80-9339-C4165DB5336C@mac.com> <9cf5ced20712190556t19a13278p54671bd18d2ae902@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:56:17 -0500
David Frascone <dave@frascone.com> wrote:
> Status Update:
>
> With everyone's help, I did manage to get my iBook booting to BSD
> (with manual intervention ;), and is even working as a NIS and amd
> client.
>
> So -- things are going VERY well.
>
> I was a little surprised, however, that there was no powerpc ports
> tree. Oh well, at least I have gcc and bash ;)
The ports tree is common to all archs, AFAIK.
Many ports (not all) install fine on PPC.
Example:
root@kg-g4# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-g4.kg4.no 7.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA3 #2: Sun Nov 18
19:58:46 CET 2007 root@kg-g4.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
powerpc
root@kg-g4# portversion -v | wc -l
308
HTH
--
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
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