Unable to obtain PowerPC Kernel and System sources

[Shlomi Marco]

Fabian.

Unfortunately G4 are 32-bit only so PowerPC 64 is a no-go for me.
I'll go with your suggestion to checkout all and rebuild the entire system.

Thanks again.

S.


On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Fabian Wenk <fabian at wenks.ch> wrote:

> Hello Shlomi
>
>
> On 28.04.2013 15:42, Shlomi Marco wrote:
>
>> Will do so. Just for general info, I've installed the system about 3 days
>> ago from an ISO file I've downloaded from FreeBSD ftp.
>>
>
> This seems rather odd, as FreeBSD 9.1 had been released on 30th. December
> 2012, including the powerpc64 version.
>
>
>  Did I just accidentally downloaded an old iso, or did 9.1-RELEASE ISOs
>> were
>> never released?
>>
>
> Ah, I guess I just see what could have happen to you. For FreeBSD 9.1 /
> powerpc there are only 9.1-RC2 ISOs [1] available. But for FreeBSD 9.1 /
> powerpc64 only the 9.1-RELEASE ISOs [2]. I guess the 32bit version of
> powerpc never got released, but I do not know the reason or any details.
>
>   [1] ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/**FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-powerpc/9.**1/<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-powerpc/9.1/>
>   [2] ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/**FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-powerpc64/**9.1/<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-powerpc64/9.1/>
>
> If your system does support the powerpc64 version, then it is probably
> easier to just do a fresh installed with the powerpc64 9.1-RELEASE ISO.
>
>
> PS: No need to use "reply all", reply only to the list is perfect, as I do
> filter e-mails based on the "List-Id" header line.
>
>
>
> bye
> Fabian
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