Installing FreeBSD with a ZFS root on a PowerMac G5
Suppose you have a nice PowerMac G5 big beast around and want to install a modern operating system on it. Suppose that you want FreeBSD to run on it. Suppose that you would like to use ZFS as much as possible, say to use the machine as a NAS. If all of the above apply to you, you have come to the right place! Read on for how I got FreeBSD 10.
July 11, 2013
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freebsd, mac, powerpc, zfs
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