FreeBSD on Xserve ?

[Lucas (a.k.a T-Bird or bsdfan3)]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Clark" <MClark at Nemschoff.com>
To: "'David Leimbach'" <leimy2k at mac.com>; <jade at oxymail.org>
Cc: <freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:32 AM
Subject: RE: FreeBSD on Xserve ?


> Is PPC support far enough along that it could be used functionally?
> Last I read the website There was not much working.  I have been
> holding off installing my powerbook =)
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Leimbach [mailto:leimy2k at mac.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 10:05 AM
>> To: jade at oxymail.org
>> Cc: freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Xserve ?
>>
>>
>> I don't think we have G5 support yet.  G5's are significantly
>> different
>> from G4s in a few ways that really matter to operating systems.
>> Missing BAT registers and other "fun stuff" like fan-drivers
>> have meant
>> that even platforms that support 64bit PPC don't necessarily
>> support G5
>> [like the L4 microkernels I've been playing with]
>>
>> Dave
>> On Sep 12, 2004, at 2:30 AM, jade at oxymail.org wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm planning on buying an Apple Xserve G5 bi-processor. I
>> know mac os
>> > X (server)
>> > is running on it and that's a modified version of freebsd.
>> > So here are my questions :
>> >
>> > - I've been using freebsd for a while now and if I buy the
>> Xserve I'd
>> > very much
>> > like to replace mac os X by a freebsd 5.2 / 5.3 if this is
>> possible. My
>> > motivations are that I want to make intensive use of Jails and
>> > Mandatory Access
>> > Control (MAC). I'd also like to recompile the whole thing
>> with stack
>> > protection
>> > (if possible).
>> >
>> > Yet I have no idea if Mac os X can run jails, and MAC
>> (anyone an idea
>> > here ?),
>> > but if not, I'd switch to Freebie.
>> >
>> > So in general :
>> > - has anyone experienced the change
>> > - would it be difficult to replace OS X by FreeBSD ?
>> > - would it be possible to run these options (Jails,MAC,stack
>> > protection) on this
>> > hardware ?
>> >
>> > Thanks for the hints, because I'm a little lost.
>> >
>> > By,
>> > Jade.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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