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Subject: Re: I may be able to help with getting it on a G5
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> I do have a G4 iBook which will help in the process until it boots on 
> the G5. I'm not quite sure how to get everything over to the G5 though - 
> the only OS dev I've done was when the system was already running and I 
> just made modifications.

  You'll want to netboot the G5. I'll dig up the doco on how to do that, 
it's not too hard.

> Note quite sure how to do any of that but I will try looking into it 
> once I get FreeBSD up on my iBook (going through things to make sure I 
> get everything backed up - should have it up tomorrow or the day after. 
> My work takes up a lot of time but I will do my best.

  Sure !

later,

Peter.