On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 08:27:30PM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: > >I'm starting out on a PowerMac dual G5. It comes pre-formatted with the > >OS, and I'll probaly reformat it to my liking, but I am wondering how I > >can set up the partitioning. I want to use various flavors of Linux > >(YDL, gentoo, and debian, maybe knoppix) and FreeBSD. > > > > a little off topic but im not sure how function freebsd is on > powerpc. you will definately have better luck with openbsd > and netbsd. >
May be, however, no BSDs for G5 is currently available, AFAIK: http://openbsd.org/macppc.html#status http://netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html > freebsd is traditionally focused on intel chips and high > performance thereon (fair enough), openbsd security, netbsd > portability. > It might be changing. See, for example, this post in which FreeBSD developer P. Greham has recently announced a miniinst iso of FreeBSD for ppc: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2004-December/000771.html > that doesnt mean that they ignore security or performance > but thats the way they want to focus their projects. and > good on them. we can all learn from eachother. > > as for different flavours of linux, its all just linux > with different installers, init and control scripts and > possbily different package management. i just stick with > debian - but im like that. > > >-- Joaquin > > > >PS - forgive me if this is in HTML. I don't know how to shut that off > >in Thunderbird. > > tools -> account settings -> composition{..} > > Dean > -- > WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN: http://www.bong.com.au > EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 16867613 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
