Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 09:34:52 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Troy Barnhart <barney@RapidNet.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM pSeries servers ... Message-ID: <20020507093452.D75198@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <41847.207.108.15.11.1020701115.squirrel@webmail.rapidnet.com> References: <20020506115136.G32524-100000@mail1.hub.org> <41847.207.108.15.11.1020701115.squirrel@webmail.rapidnet.com>
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On Monday, 6 May 2002 at 10:05:15 -0600, Troy Barnhart wrote: >> Anyone know if FreeBSD will run on one of these: >> >> > http://commerce.www.ibm.com/content/home/shop_ShopIBM/en_US/eServer/pSeries/entry/640B80_7026B80E.html >> >> I'm not familiar with what a 375 MHz POWER3-II is ... PowerPC. IBM's RISC replacement for the PC. The same processor family as in the Mac. > if anyone can get FreeBSD to run on a pSeries - without a MAJOR hack It'll be a major hack. > you will be my personal god... theoretically - shouldn't you be > able to run NetBSD on one of these? Not yet. There's a project under way. > are there drivers for SSA drives? I don't know. I have a similar machine here (dual processor 44p 270), and one of my background projects is to get FreeBSD or NetBSD running on it. From a FreeBSD perspective, I'd prefer to wait until Benno has his Mac port up and running :-) Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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