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[openbeos] Re: Haiku on G3/G4

  • From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:44:33 +0100 CET
Cian Duffy <myob87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 ...
> How out-of-sync with the current tree is the PPC port?
> Would there be a huge amount of work required to 
> drag it back into sync - other than writing something to 
> load it from Apples OF, this is. Not something I ever 
> envisioned doing myself, but I could take a hack at it 
> if need be.

There's this in cvs:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/open-beos/current/src/kernel/boot/platform/openfirmware/?sortby=date#dirlist

There's also an OF bootloader called yaboot.
(I have no idea if it would fit in with Haiku.)

> I think theres a lot of other lurkers on the list with 
> recent PPC hardware around, and many of those
> may be using them as their first machine

I've got a G3 in the closet. Not using it at the moment.
It does run OS X though. 

/Jonas Sundström.                www.kirilla.com






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