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This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC.
-3 July, 2002 : This page has been + significantly updated. FreeBSD/PowerPC currently boots almost to + the point of reaching single-user mode.
An older news list can be found on + Benno's page, + and you can view the + bootup log.
+FreeBSD/PowerPC is a port of the FreeBSD operating system + to computers with the PowerPC processor, most notably + recent Macintosh computers.
+ +At the moment "New World" (i.e. colourful case) + Apple Macintoshes. Other platforms, such as older + PowerMacs and non-Apple computers using Open Firmware, + are expected to be targetted later on.
+ +FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting + to single-user mode.
+ +FreeBSD/PowerPC is mostly in cvs for -CURRENT.
+ +Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> is the project lead. + Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want + to know about the status of this project, check this page + regularly or join the + FreeBSD/PowerPC mailing list.
+ +To subscribe to this list, send mail to <majordomo@FreeBSD.org> + and include
++ subscribe <freebsd-ppc> [<optional address>] ++ in the body of your message. + +