From owner-freebsd-hackers  Mon Aug 23 10: 6:58 1999
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To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
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Subject: Re: SPARC? 
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From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:28:20 -0400 
 Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> wrote:

 > I heard a rumor that freebsd runs on a sparc, but I dont see any backing
 > for that. Is it in the works?

FreeBSD does not run on the SPARC.  I think they've been talking about it
for ... what, 5 years now... but it never materialized.

NetBSD, however, runs quite well on the SPARC.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>



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