Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:56:57 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: Guilherme Starvaggi <guisf@empresario.com.br> Subject: Re: netra t1 Message-ID: <20031127095657.GC16346@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <44ekvuke20.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <a05100300bbeaa437f596@[200.138.50.113]> <44ekvuke20.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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--/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 04:36:23PM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Guilherme Starvaggi <guisf@empresario.com.br> writes: >=20 > > I would like to know if the computer - NETRA T1 150 from SUN - > > support the FREEBSD system? I am thinking in buy this computer, but I > > have no experience with servers like this, and either with the > > FREEBSD. I have a little experience with the usual LINUX. Do you think > > it is good to try this change? >=20 > FreeBSD has only very rough support for that type of hardware at this > time. NetBSD has supported it for years, and is a similar operating > system. =20 Err... sparc64 is now a tier 1 supported architecture in 5.x: see http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/hardware-sparc64.html and http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html Support is rather better than "rough", although there are apparently some problems installing using the Sun console -- you should use a serial console instead. It's also the case that 5.x is not really suitable for a production system yet: the releases are marked as "New Technology" -- see http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html This also makes 5.x rather less suitable for FreeBSD beginners. The soon to be released version 5.2 (due early in December) should be yet another leap in stability and performance. That release might be most appropriate for the OP if he's willing to wait for it. Cheers, Matthew=20 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/xcppdtESqEQa7a0RAoUQAJ9pQ88m3picoHGMOIs6t9y6ai2l1ACgjaJA sg7oriEoUQZdxY8wGT9pMTY= =0wct -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO--
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