From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 9 05:58:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA20703 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 05:58:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA20696 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 05:58:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA15332; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:57:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199804091257.HAA15332@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Sun Floppy? To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:57:08 -0500 (CDT) Cc: alberti@freenet.msp.mn.us, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Apr 8, 98 11:56:39 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Doug White said: > On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Bob Alberti wrote: > > > Hi! I recently came into an old SparcClassic. I'd like to install FreeBSD > > on it. Is there any way to build a floppy image to start the process, > > particularly if one must use a PC to build the floppy? The machine itself > > has a blank 300 MB hard drive and no CD. > > FreeBSD doesn't officially support Sun hardware (especially the *old* sun4 > stuff) (yet), but someone posted a URL to a supposed port (although it may > have been to the project-in-progress). The port to Sparc is in its infancy. And it's for UltraSparc not the older ones. Try NetBSD or OpenBSD. -- An oral contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on. -- Sam Goldwyn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message