From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Oct 10 12:46:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA22191 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:46:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles238.castles.com [208.214.165.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA22031 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:45:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09881; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:50:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810101950.MAA09881@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: wwoods@cybcon.com cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice please In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 10 Oct 1998 08:35:07 PDT." <361F7EAB.340A2E99@cybcon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:50:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > How mature is FreeBSD on the Alpha platform? I am interested in running > it on my alpha, I am currently useing linux and would like to try > FreeBSD, but have a few apps that I NEED to run. Is FreeBSD stable > enough to be reliable on the Alpha yet? I'd recommend staying away until the first complete snapshot is released. Installation at the moment is not for the fainthearted. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message