Re: Supported versions running on PowerMac G4?
Alexey Dokuchaev <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 09:12:09AM -0600, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:29:30 +0100 > Michael Tuexen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12. Nov 2018, at 06:29, Jukka Ukkonen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Now that 10.4 is apparently no longer supported I would like to > > > know whether there is any supported FreeBSD version which > > > boots and runs on an old dual-cpu PowerMac G4 QuickSilver? > > FreeBSD 12 should work fine on powerpc. HOWEVER, you cannot do a > buildworld/installworld and expect everything to work right. I broke, > with the Tier-2 hammer, the ABI by changing the time_t type from > 32-bits to 64-bits, to match all other archs (except i386), so all > ports must be rebuilt, a straight upgrade will not work for base. The > easiest thing to do would be to backup your data and reinstall from > scratch. I'm running FreeBSD-12 (r302710) on Mac mini G4 just fine. Just as Justin says, I'm kind of confined to it due to ABI changes that require another medium (hdd, thumbdrive) to reinstall properly, but as long as I can build ports, there's not much need to upgrade, everything's working more or less okayish (as long as you're happy with console/ssh access). ./danfe _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"