I am running OpenBSD on a PB G4. It runs pretty well. 

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> On Mar 3, 2018, at 6:40 PM, Rino Rondan <rron...@itrestauracion.com.ar> wrote:
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> Hi!!
> 
> I tested also with ubuntu ppc64 and works very fine, also Freebsd 11.1 
> (currently testing now )
> 
> With ubuntu 16 I have problem with Nvidia driver I can not start correctly, 
> only frame buffer but with Ubuntu and Freebsd I did not have any error with 
> Disk and memory is ok. I will test Fedora later ..
> 
> Do you know if openbsd works fine in powerbook g4 1.67ghz and Mac mini 1.2ghz 
> models also Apple Airport Extreme A1408 5th /6th Gen , I do not know if it a 
> good choice use those kind of router I do not know about those old model.
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>> On March 2, 2018 2:52 PM, Christoph R. Murauer <n...@nawi.is> wrote:
>> 
>> ​​
>> 
>> Yep saw it. https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ppc&m=151311724932380&w=2
>> 
>> real mem = 3221225472 (3072MB)
>> 
>> avail mem = 2021347328 (1927MB)
>> 
>> I have the machine not here.
>> 
>>> Yeah i know about it running in 32bit-mode, but even then it should be
>>> 
>>> able
>>> 
>>> to use more than 1,6G right?
>>> 
>>> I have an iBook G4 that has a max RAM of 1,5G on hardware-basis which
>>> 
>>> makes
>>> 
>>> sense and all, but on a G5?!
>>> 
>>> Also, did you see his dmesg? :)
>>> 
>>> \[...\]
>>> 
>>> hw.product=PowerMac11,2
>>> 
>>> hw.physmem=2684354560
>>> 
>>> hw.usermem=2684342272
>>> 
>>> hw.ncpufound=2
>>> 
>>> \[...\]
>>> 
>>> 2018-03-02 18:37 GMT+01:00 Christoph R. Murauer n...@nawi.is:
>>> 
>>>> Hello !
>>>> 
>>>>> I also can't use more than 1,6G of RAM, although there's more in
>>>>> 
>>>>> the
>>>>> 
>>>>> machine.
>>>> 
>>>> That is normal (I have here 2 DP G5s) because OpenBSD runs only in
>>>> 
>>>> 32
>>>> 
>>>> bit mode (even the G5 is a 64 bit CPU). See
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.openbsd.org/macppc.html section History. The max RAM in
>>>> 
>>>> the G4 (G3 less) was 2 GB see
>>>> 
>>>> https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_450.html
>>>> 
>>>> as example.
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