From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 07:48:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD16137B405 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:48:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A6743F3F for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:48:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3UEmSm2008410; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:48:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3UEmRTI008409; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:48:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:48:27 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: satadru@umich.edu Message-ID: <20030430144827.GA8387@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <176370187.1051697913@brassmonkey.snre.umich.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <176370187.1051697913@brassmonkey.snre.umich.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ultra 10 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:48:41 -0000 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)