From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Jan 5 15:33:38 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01874 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:33:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01869 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:33:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA50332; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 18:37:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 18:37:25 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Wes Peters cc: Curt Sampson , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Read this... In-Reply-To: <36929714.6873BFF3@softweyr.com> 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 On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Actually, given that I just bought 3 IPX's for $35 each, along with 3 > 207 MB disk for $5 each, we're just about on track. ;^) > > This was from GSTek, http://www.gstek.com. They should be here Saturday > or Monday; I'll post how it goes getting them up and running. What are > we here in FreeBSD-SPARC preferring as a porting base these days, NetBSD > or OpenBSD? > > I've got a 1.0 GB drive for mine; I'll put the porting system on that > and FreeBSD on the 207 until it matures enough to actually boot, then > I can swap'em. And I won't have to worry about those pesky Ultra > compiler issues, either. good deal. NetBSD seems the base of choice, the snap of egcs they have is pretty good, they already have quite a bit done for ultra sparc as well. Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current > -- > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > > Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 > Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com > > 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