The source package I tried unsuccessfully (I'm very new at this, so I'm sure someone else will have a better chance at success) to compile is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/xxxterm/files/xombrero-1.5.0.tgz/download
There are anonymous source packages available at https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/xombrero#xombrero_resources, but I don't know how or if they're different from the above package. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Jonathan Marsden <jmars...@fastmail.fm>wrote: > On 05/27/2013 07:57 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > As the ppc-bios is in .deb format, and my server > > runs .yum it was suggested that the binary of ppc-bios could be > > extracted from a debian based system and inserted into a yum based > > system. > > (1) On a local Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Debian machine, do > > wget -c > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openbios-ppc/openbios-ppc_1.0+svn1060-1_all.deb > sudo dpkg -i openbios-ppc_1.0+svn1060-1_all.deb > > and then copy the file /usr/share/openbios/openbios-ppc (use scp, or > filezilla, or whatever you prefer!) up to the big server in the sky :) > > (2) Alternatively, you could grab the .deb onto the CentOS machine and > extract it there, doing something like > > ar x openbios-ppc_1.0+svn1060-1_all.deb > tar zxf data.tar.gz > > The BIOS is now at usr/share/openbios/openbios-ppc (note: this path is > local to where you typed the commands, *not* /usr/...) so you can copy > it from there to whereever you think it needs to be :) > > > If this is possible, > > It is, I just did it on an RH server from work as a test :) > > > ... then the issue of the existing processors being slow to compile > > on in emulation should not be a major issue. (The dedi server [1] > > does have a reasonable amount of CPU's behind it). > > Well, maybe. Emulation can slow things by very large factors (like 10x > or 20x). And compiling a complex browser like Firefox takes a long time > (hours) on real (non-emulated) hardware... I know xombrero is smaller > and lighter, but... we'll have to see. Anyway, the above two approaches > should get you the PPC BIOS on a RedHat/CentOS server, pick whichever > method you prefer :) > > > But, as I said on there, this stuff is beyond my limited capabilities. > > You're a trained RHCE... you can do this :) > > Meanwhile, I'll dig out my recalcitrant borrowed iBook G4, and see what > I can get it to do for me. I've just never solved or even fully > understood the (nVidia) video issues it has. But I can probably install > Raring server well enough to ssh into it, which should be fine for using > it as a PPC build machine for xombrero. > > Once I have that... where exactly *is* the xombrero source package we > want to build? > > Jonathan > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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