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Date:      Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:48:27 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        satadru@umich.edu
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ultra 10 support
Message-ID:  <20030430144827.GA8387@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <176370187.1051697913@brassmonkey.snre.umich.edu>
References:  <176370187.1051697913@brassmonkey.snre.umich.edu>

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On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:18:33AM -0400, satadru@umich.edu wrote:
> I am currently running debian on my ultra 10 box.  I have a couple of 
> questions that I need taken care of before I can decide whether to try 
> FreeBSD.  The docs for 5.0 say there are some issues with the IDE 
> controller on this machine.  Will 5.0-current let me boot off of the hard 
> drive?

Yes it will.
 
> Will I be able to use X with the Creator3D card and the ATI card builtin to 
> my machine?

Not yet.

> Should I just wait until FreeBSD 5.1?

Depends on what you do with the machine. :-)  It works great for
everything as long as you're satisified with a serial console.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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