Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:29:05 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> Cc: platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone working on a SGI PC? Message-ID: <199901241729.KAA04523@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:06:25 EST." <36AB36F1.E61B2198@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> References: <36AB36F1.E61B2198@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>
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In message <36AB36F1.E61B2198@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> "Pedro F. Giffuni" writes: : There is a comment in slashdot about Linux supporting the new SGI : workstations, but since even M$-Windows works there it shouldn't be : difficult to run FreeBSD: There has been discussion about this in the linux/mips mailing lists. Turns out that they used mostly PC compatible hardware, but there are a few execptions. The memory subsystem is nonstandard, but that won't impact freebsd. However, the main problem is with the graphics subsystem... That's 90% of the reason I'd want a SGI PC.. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-platforms" in the body of the message
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