From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 3 01:37:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8CD0F29 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 01:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93B6217A1 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 01:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269FF20E27 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2014 20:37:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from web1 ([10.202.2.211]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:37:27 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mailcan.com; h= message-id:from:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:subject:date; s=mesmtp; bh=5PgeoZOhn3EaS0sZj8eXmd2 zW/Y=; b=Bw35SDJKVXELchjuPoWX9GlrRyVIrGf/SvDdMLtkdb/OE9Um/EDx6i6 BiJTvthu12U7APl8TqDCttxFvOPvrb3w4YF69yqEGvpCLh6M5MW8KiYUGsyK5oBX FMCc6Cq4fEhtIdOY+hKOdqFY8GRjckrvSMe4CkiVmQI0M6FtqHUo= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=5PgeoZOhn3EaS0sZj8eXmd2zW/Y=; b=bWy4CeB37xvGt78STZUXFDMxsLV5 /oxTykY+uFHGNpp44KIhQvSeR1JX6LFbfaWTPlOWr8oohOU+y8Jdh9STpcKK73Ml gzcrQGoRzEOGAe+qxk7H+viQPbqu7rat8sq4211buAMasZ51RXQtzi04mrVwRs9g rSCnQ9rZEpBn7eI= Received: by web1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id E2788F002D5; Thu, 2 Jan 2014 20:37:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1388713046.8058.65995889.43FA6F1D@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: e2lJygp0NbiGpS7Xc+qn0fUmQfxiZy5iz2HPqT7CGaAN 1388713046 From: precutcolours@mailcan.com To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - html Subject: Install Tips for Newbie with FreeBSD 10 Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:37:26 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:37:28 -0000 I'd like tips for installing FreeBSD 10 on a PowerPC G5 + 2 GiB RAM. The old OpenFirmware needs an Apple Partition Map to boot but will boot over USB, which I've tested. My plan is to carve the required Apple Partition Map on a 'minimalist' USB flash stick, with pivot to the 'real' FreeBSD system on a hard disk. That disk will use a GUID table and ZFS. It's external too (USB or FireWire). There is no internal disk at all. My notion is to rig the thumb drive just for (1) APM and (2) fast bootup. Reads are fast...writes horrible. The min would be GRUB I guess? But it could hold a kernel, and maybe more. What's best? I may just need a good fstab, but I'm unacquainted with ZFS, and so open to advice on it; /tmp will live in RAM; there will be no swap space. I want to run a lot from RAM, with sync to disk at intervals or shutdown. $HOME lives in RAM and syncs. It's only for dotfiles and prefs. Big data (vids/pics/docs/etc) live elsewhere. Putting $HOME in RAM is odd but speeds a system and saves the day in power crashes. I'd like nightly auto upgrades if possible. Can v10's new packaging system do them? Does FreeBSD have an app for that? Thanks for any tips you can lend. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are