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<h4><a name="1">How can I install FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4>
<p>ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; suitable for New-World Macs are
<p>ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; are
available for download, for details on how to obtain these see the
<a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/announce.html">release announcement.</a></p>
<h4><a name="3">How to use ports on FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4>
<p>The easy way to use ports on FreeBSD is to use portsnap.
<p>The easiest way to use ports on FreeBSD is to use portsnap.
Refer to the Handbook if you need assistance to
<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">use
the Ports Collection</a>.</p>
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<h4><a name="4">Should I install powerpc or powerpc64?</a></h4>
<p>The powerpc64 port provides a 64-bit kernel and userland, and is supported
on all 64-bit CPUs. Users of 32-bit CPUs (G3, G4) must use the 32-bit
on all 64-bit CPUs. Users of 32-bit CPUs (Apple G3/G4) must use the 32-bit
powerpc platform, users of 64-bit CPUs that support 32-bit operating
systems (G5) have a choice, and users of 64-bit CPUs that do not (Cell)
systems (Apple G5) have a choice, and users of 64-bit CPUs that do not
must use powerpc64. For those users with a choice, powerpc64 provides
some additional features (the ability to use more than 2 GB of RAM and
ZFS support) while having slightly worse ports support due to being
a newer and less common architecture. Like other 64-bit platforms,
ZFS support).
Like other 64-bit platforms,
FreeBSD/powerpc64 supports running 32-bit binaries as well as 64-bit ones.
</p>
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<a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc">on the wiki</a>.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD/ppc port should run on any New-World Apple machine (any Apple
machine with a built-in USB port), as well as the Sony Playstation 3. A
port to IBM pSeries hardware is in progress. People reported FreeBSD runs
on following machines:</p>
machine with a built-in USB port), as well as the Sony Playstation 3.</p>
<p>People have previously reported that FreeBSD runs on the following
machines:</p>
<table class="tblbasic">
<tr class="heading">
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<h3><a name="issues">Known Issues</a></h3>
<ul>
<li>There is a known bug in the boot-loader, that prevents you from
<li>On New-World Apples,
there is a known bug in the boot-loader, that prevents you from
loading an alternate kernel, so testing your kernel is a bit risky.
When booting the loader from the Open Firmware prompt, give it a
partition which is either non-existent, doesn't have a kernel to load,
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freescale.com/files/product/doc/MPCFPE32B.pdf">
PowerPC chip documentation</a></li>
PowerPC 32-bit chip documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.firmworks.com/QuickRef.html">
Open Firmware Quick Reference</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/technotes/tn/tn2001.html">
"TN2001: Running Files from a Hard Drive in Open Firmware"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sourceware.org/psim/">psim</a> - A PowerPC
simulator, available as a FreeBSD port at
<a href="https://www.freshports.org/?package=psim-freebsd">
emulators/psim-freebsd</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="links">Other Links of Interest</a></h3>