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Date:      Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:19:40 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Pat Martin <wpmartin@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ultra 5
Message-ID:  <20040626231940.GC11573@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <44db0385040625093364ae4f27@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <44db0385040625093364ae4f27@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:33:21AM -0700, Pat Martin wrote:
> I have been considering FreeBSD on my home server (Sparc Ultra 5). I
> have read some things saying it will not work but they always
> reference 5.0. Is the Ultra 5 fully supported including X? If so,
> would it be possible to add a pci usb card to the system so that I can
> use a usb mouse instead of the sun mouse I have?

FreeBSD/sparc64 does not support running X on a Ultra5.  But you said
this was for a server -- so a serial console should be fine. ;-)
 
-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)


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