From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 19:24:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F96D1065670 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:24:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9228FC08 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:24:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:61936 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KhUXJ-0005nP-4z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:24:01 +0200 Received: (qmail 1912 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2008 21:23:58 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 21 Sep 2008 21:23:58 +0200 Received: (qmail 6483 invoked by uid 1001); 21 Sep 2008 21:23:58 +0200 Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:23:58 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Tim Kellers Message-ID: <20080921192358.GA6424@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <48D67AE5.4050700@wallnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48D67AE5.4050700@wallnet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KhUXJ-0005nP-4z. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1KhUXJ-0005nP-4z cbd92413a36020e7055ca9b524d86a83 Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: silicon Graphics hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:24:02 -0000 On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 12:48:37PM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > I googled a bit this morning and, except for some old (Freebsd 4.x) > posts, I didn'r see anything terribly relevant, but does FreeBSD run on > any Silicon Graphics hardware? I've heard that (maybe) an Ubuntu > distro _might_ run if the hardware was booted/configged with the Irix > Foundations disks. The Information Systems department where I work is > aswim in some SGI hardware that they'd like to relocate and reclaim the > space, so I'm looking for alternatives to repurpose the hardware. Since > I know FreeBSD better than any flavor of Linux, I'm looking for a BSD > solution, first. > > I don't, yet, have the Foundations Irix disks, so I'm looking for any > alternative I can find. FreeBSD does not (AFAIK) run on any Silicon Graphics machines. NetBSD is however capable of running on several Silicon Graphics machines, so you might take a look at that and see if it supports the particular hardware you have (it probably does, but no guarantees.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se