From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 22 07:19:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA28241 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:19:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA28234 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:19:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA25268; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 09:18:09 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199712221518.JAA25268@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Sun binaries To: garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 09:18:09 -0600 (CST) Cc: solik@atom.ru, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Alex at "Dec 21, 97 12:58:54 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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