Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:43:30 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: dual boot: FreeBSD and Solaris 8 Message-ID: <00e801c0a675$b8928b50$0f00000a@eagle> In-Reply-To: <200103061939.LAA63866@akira.lanfear.com>
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From what I've been able to gather during my experience with FreeBSD, there is a SPARC port in the works, but it's not exactly mature (i.e. most of the code, last I heard, had been cannibalized from OpenBSD). If you feel the need to run a BSD variant on a SPARC platform, try NetBSD or OpenBSD... --- Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Marc W > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 2:40 PM > To: cschindl@wam.umd.edu; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re:dual boot: FreeBSD and Solaris 8 > > Last I heard, FreeBSD doesn't run on Sparcs -- it supports > x86/alpha only thus far ( i believe ia64 is under development). You > want NetBSD or Linux for Sparcs ... > > marc. > > > ----------------------------- > > From: cache money <cschindl@wam.umd.edu> > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: dual boot: FreeBSD and Solaris 8 > > Sent: 03/06/01 14:15> > > > > > > hello all > > > > i have a sparc ultra 5 running solaris 8 and i want to > dual boot with > > FreeBSD. does anyone here know how to install FreeBSD on a sparc > > station? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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