From owner-freebsd-sparc Thu Sep 2 5:52:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from travelers.mail.cornell.edu (TRAVELERS.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.56.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C600E14D54 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 05:52:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc26@cornell.edu) Received: from travelers.mail.cornell.edu (travelers.mail.cornell.edu [132.236.56.13]) by travelers.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA15889; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:49:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:49:52 -0400 (EDT) From: cjc26@cornell.edu X-Sender: cjc26@travelers.mail.cornell.edu To: BSD Bob Cc: Aaron Smith , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of FBSD sparc porting? In-Reply-To: <199909021150.HAA12345@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just curious, why OpenBSD instead of NetBSD? Is there any advantage to using one or the other to bootstrap from? On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, BSD Bob wrote: > > my plan was to install openBSD on one of my sparcs and use it to compile > > FreeBSD code and start banging on this stuff, but i have not had enough > > free time to get going on it. > > > > aaron > > OBSD-2.5 runs fine and boots from a single floppy. I run it on an IPX > and an SS1. But, I was thinking that kindof keeping it in the family > would be nice. How many folks are actually working on an FBSD port? > What sources currently exist that could be rounded up from here and there? > I use the IPX for web testing, but the SS1 could be unloaded on its > hd1 and maybe used as a porting platform from SunOS or OpenBSD. > > Bob > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message