From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Feb 21 3:44:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from bertyboy.sma.uq.edu.au (bertyboy.sma.uq.edu.au [130.102.41.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC748117A6 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 03:44:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from talbotn@sportsmedicine.com.au) Received: from bettymae.lani.net.au (nas2ip146.ipswich.gil.com.au [202.47.33.146]) by bertyboy.sma.uq.edu.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA13824 for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:46:51 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from talbotn@sportsmedicine.com.au) Message-Id: <4.1.19990206063546.00931d50@130.102.41.66> X-Sender: talbotn@130.102.41.88 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 06:39:41 +1000 To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org From: Talbot NEIL Subject: Re: 3.1/4.0, the alpha, and a dog named blue... In-Reply-To: References: <19990220113401.A7335@delsol.sunfire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all, I have been trying to set up a Alphastation AS200 4/233 for the past 3 months and was wondering if anyone has had any luck with it. If so could you please email me with the details. I have FreeBSD Release 3.0 on cd Direct from Walnut creek. i have tried making the boot disks and everything. I am at a loss. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. Talbot NEIL At 11:46 20/02/99 -0500, you wrote: >> I want to know how stable is FreeBSD on the Alpha platform. I have an >> AlphaStation 200 which I want to place FreeBSD on and get RID of RedHat >> Linux. I'm not a linux fan and love the FreeBSD platform. > >Adam, > >I've not personally had experience with the AlphaStation 200, so I've >copied the list on your question. I've got access to Multia's and a >Personal Workstation 533au. YMMV, but aside from getting used to tracking >down 'converting pointer to integer of differing size' compiler warnings, >I've not noticed any real show stoppers in the last month. > >My machines exhibit almost all of the stability and functionality of the >x86 releases. I am currently running 4.0-19990206-SNAP on everything. My >ideal setup would be to track -current on the Multia's and -stable on the >533au, using it as an internal samba/nfs/cvs/web server. Things seem real >solid under testing, but I've been reluctant to put the 533au into >production. > >Hope this helps somewhat. > >- Bruce > >______________________ >Bruce M. Walter, Principal >NIXdesign Group Inc. > >426 S. Dawson Street >Raleigh NC 27601 USA >919.829.4901 Tel >919.829.4993 Fax >http://www.nixdesign.com > >Visual communications | concept + code > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message