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#1 freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:27 am
by davidbam
I realise this is a Linux sub-forum but it was the closest.
My mate has expressed willingness to help me get this running so will report progress in this thread
#2 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:16 pm
by Alez
Go for it and good luck. Something I've never tried. Will be interested to see how it goes. We might even get the basis of a how to from it.
I'll make a new forum for you and transfer this thread there.
#3 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:25 pm
by davidbam
Well if he can't get it working, I don't know who can. He is something of a freeBSD aficionado and uber-geek
#4 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:05 pm
by Alez
#5 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:20 pm
by davidbam
Alez wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:05 pm
t'interweb thingy
Oh I see, I thought that that was used only for influencing elections and undermining Western democracy
Ta for the links
#6 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:26 pm
by Alez
davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:20 pm
Alez wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:05 pm
t'interweb thingy
Oh I see, I thought that that was used only for influencing elections and undermining Western democracy
Ta for the links
Aaaargh, my cover has been blown .... now my MI5 handlers will disown me
#7 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:22 pm
by Dirk Broer
FreeBSD with AMD drivers? The best of luck! (You'll need it)
Been there, done that, never going back again....
My advice: FreeBSD, with nVidia drivers.
#8 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:26 pm
by davidbam
Okay ta. Only have an AMD card for this machine though
#9 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:02 pm
by Dirk Broer
davidBAM wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:26 pm
Okay ta. Only have an AMD card for this machine though
I hope for you that the support for discrete cards exceeds that of APUs, BSD-wise.
#10 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:08 pm
by Dirk Broer
An older posting of me that is better off here:
How to install BOINC on FreeBSD.
FreeBSD client download.
Seti@Home on FreeBSD application.
There is a
team of FreeBSD users that provides information for running Einstein@Home from it.
Asteroids@Home has both 32-bit and 64-bit native FreeBSD applications, while NSF only has 64-bit native FreeBSD applications.
You can of course run most Linux applications within FreeBSD.
And how to install on OpenBSD
OpenBSD x86_64/AMD64 client download
OpenBSD i386 client download
#11 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:16 pm
by davidbam
this proved too painful so have abandoned for now
Might be worth revisiting though as there are all sorts of developments going on
#12 Re: freeBSD12 (alpha8) with Boinc / AMD drivers
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:03 am
by Alez
Worth a try, maybe in the future. I still have a Pentium 4 system sitting around that one day I am going to try and run android on a x86 just to see if I can get it to work.