Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Choy Kho Yee
On 2004/09/15, at 11:44, Vulpes Velox wrote: On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:46:50 +0930 Adam Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 08:45:07AM +0930, Adam Smith said: On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:43:51PM +0200, freebsd-questions said: What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? You wouldn't run D

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:46:50 +0930 Adam Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 08:45:07AM +0930, Adam Smith said: > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:43:51PM +0200, freebsd-questions said: > > > What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? > > > You wouldn't run DOS on a SGI Ony4 would you

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Sep 14, 2004, at 5:15 PM, Adam Smith wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:43:51PM +0200, freebsd-questions said: What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? You wouldn't run DOS on a SGI Ony4 would you? It's just cool, that's all. Although OS/X is built around the FreeBSD Kernel, the coolest part about

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Adam Smith
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 08:45:07AM +0930, Adam Smith said: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:43:51PM +0200, freebsd-questions said: > > What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? > > You wouldn't run DOS on a SGI Ony4 would you? > > It's just cool, that's all. Although OS/X is built around the FreeBSD > Ke

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Adam Smith
On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 12:43:51PM +0200, freebsd-questions said: > What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? > You wouldn't run DOS on a SGI Ony4 would you? It's just cool, that's all. Although OS/X is built around the FreeBSD Kernel, the coolest part about this project is that it could possible mak

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Lucas Holt
I've been watching the PPC list for about a month now. One of the regulars has posted a bootable iso that will allow you to get an install of freebsd up on a G4/G3 mac. It does not work on G5s due to changes in the architecture. From what i've read, it appears that you can easily get into si

re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Dick Davies
> I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking > about turning it into a server. I asked around and > everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of > FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? Everybody recommended you run FreeBSD on a Mac? Get some new friends :) OSX is a pretty

RE: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Robert Huff
Michael Clark writes: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html > > That hasnt been updated in months from what I can tell the PPC > list sounds like its further alone then that. Agreed. However, I submit this is the first place someone is likely to find and having read this w

RE: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Michael Clark
> -Original Message- > From: Robert Huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 11:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Which Distro? > > > > shane mullins writes: > > > I am not a Mac user by any means, but I

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread yuri van Overmeeren
On Sep 13, 2004, at 11:27 PM, Viper wrote: I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking about turning it into a server. I asked around and everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? As far as I know, there isn't a "freebsd" release for the

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Sep 13, 2004, at 11:27 PM, Viper wrote: I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking about turning it into a server. I asked around and everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? As far as I know, there isn't a "freebsd" release for the P

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:27:40PM -0700, Viper wrote: > I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking > about turning it into a server. I asked around and > everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of > FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? As mentioned, there is no such thing a

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread freebsd-questions
What's wrong with running OSX/Darwin? You wouldn't run DOS on a SGI Ony4 would you? just my 2 cts Arno On 14 sep 2004, at 05:45, shane mullins wrote: I am not a Mac user by any means, but I think FreeBSD supports newer Macs. http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html Shane - Original Message -

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-14 Thread yuri van Overmeeren
Viper wrote: I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking about turning it into a server. I asked around and everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? Maybe you could try the freebsd ppc mailing list, the 'latest' news at the freebsd ppc

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-13 Thread Robert Huff
shane mullins writes: > I am not a Mac user by any means, but I think FreeBSD supports newer Macs. > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html From the FAQ: What is the current status? FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting to single-user

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-13 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:27:40 -0700 (PDT) Viper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking > about turning it into a server. I asked around and > everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of > FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? Not quite ready ye

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-13 Thread shane mullins
I am not a Mac user by any means, but I think FreeBSD supports newer Macs. http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html Shane - Original Message - From: "Robert Huff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 11:34 PM Subject: Which Distro? > > Viper wri

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-13 Thread Chris
Viper wrote: I am going to buy a Mac g4 soon, and I am thinking about turning it into a server. I asked around and everybody rocommended FreeBSD to me. So what distro of FreeBSD would I use for a mac computer? Unlike Linux - there isn't a distro of FreeBSD. There are however, version numbers and ar

Re: Which Distro?

2004-09-13 Thread shane mullins
What do you mean by distro? FreeBSD doesn't have distrobutions by vendors. It is a complete OS in itself. I you mean version, if you are new to FreeBSD, I would suggest 4.10. Shane - Original Message - From: "Viper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 13,