Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 09:18:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex) Cc: solik@atom.ru, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun binaries Message-ID: <199712221518.JAA25268@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971221125513.25163M-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> from Alex at "Dec 21, 97 12:58:54 pm"
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In a previous message, Alex said: > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Sergey Solyanik wrote: > > > I'm in curiuos - can I run Sun/i386 (if they exist in nature - I've met > > only with sparc) ? > > Yes Virginia, there is a Solaris/x86. Avoid it like the plague ;-) I ran Solaris x86 from 2.3 up to 2.5Beta. It was ok. Had some weird stuff. But I dropped it an installed FreeBSD 2.1. It was about 2 times faster (especially X) on a 486DX2/50 with 32 meg. I've never looked back. (In fact at work, we're about to start using FreeBSD on Pentiums instead of Sparc 5s). Anyway, this question looks like the old 386i machine from Sun that ran SunOS 4.0.1, which, of course is BSD 4.2 based. That would be interesting, but I'm going to say that its doubtful that they'd run. Anyway, I can't imagine there is much left out there for that machine. Paul. -- The secret to successful living is not finding an easy existence but being adequate for what life brings. -- Dr. Ernest A. Fitzgerald
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