Re: Mac G5 and XServe G5 support
Dennis Clarke <[email protected]>
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On 3/6/19 4:59 AM, Sergio Carlavilla wrote: > Hi, > > I want to know how is the state of FreeBSD in Mac G5 and XServe G5. > Support all the hardware? > > I checked the wiki page https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc but I don't finded anything specific to Mac G5 and XServe G5 hardware support. > You can install FreeBSD 12 on a PowerMac G5 quad unit without too much trouble if ( and only if ) you know how to tell the loader to insert a few variables such as usefdt=1 and kern.smp.disabled=1 just to get it to boot. After install you may build the current sources for the kernel and the whole buildworld for that matter. That all works and I have done it over and over. You may even get all four cores running. However this is all somewhat similar to having a 1937 Plymouth car in your garage and tinkering on it. Hardly modern in even the most thin sense of the word. But it works fine. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"