From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 06:13:11 2004 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 4F09A16A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:13:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.unsam.edu.ar (smtp.unsam.edu.ar [170.210.48.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1751A43D2F for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:13:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar [192.168.10.11]) by smtp.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i0LE0iML049161 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:00:45 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: from pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (localhost.iib.unsam.edu.ar [127.0.0.1]) by pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0LEBJ6L003164 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:11:19 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) Received: (from fernan@localhost) by pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i0LEBIwM003163 for freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:11:18 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar) X-Authentication-Warning: pi.iib.unsam.edu.ar: fernan set sender to fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar using -f Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:11:18 -0300 From: Fernan Aguero To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040121141118.GC2748@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: any chance of running FreeBSD on a Sun Ultra 1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:13:11 -0000 Hi! I am a FreeBSD user, but my experience is limited to i386 hardaware. Recently, our lab received an old Ultra 1 from Sun. It is currently running Solaris 8, but I'd like to investigate the possibility of running FreeBSD (or perhaps some other OS). It seems that the Ultra 1 is unsupported, but does that mean that it will not boot/run FreeBSD? Or just that no work is being done from the sparc@ project? If it's possible to netboot it, I can set up some shared NFS partitions on my i386 machine to hold what's necessary ... Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Fernan PS: BTW, is there such a thing as a 'Solaris binary compatibility' as there is for Linux in i386? I mean, may I be able to run Solaris sparc binaries on FreeBSD-sparc? -- F e r n a n A g u e r o http://genoma.unsam.edu.ar/~fernan