Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 21:51:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: matt@3am-software.com (Matt Thomas) Cc: tsprad@Metronet.com, port-alpha@netbsd.org, misc@openbsd.org, freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEC Alpha XL 366, can it run BSD? Message-ID: <199712192151.OAA16996@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19971219051221.00a0b250@ranier.altavista-software.com> from "Matt Thomas" at Dec 19, 97 05:12:21 am
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> >I just found out I'm going to have a happy Christmas indeed. My > >wife was playing at an internet auction and accidentally bought a > >Digital XL 366 Alpha, model no. SN-A23AA. > > > >Unfortunately, it comes with (gag!) WinNT. Please, tell me I can > >install BSD on this thing without being a certified kernel hacker. > > Nope. You can't. The XL doesn't have an SRM console available for it and > NetBSD needs an SRM console. One of the baseline requirements for the FreeBSD Alpha port was supposed to be the ability to run on an ARC console. There are a couple of things that FreeBSD wants to do that the ARC console doesn't support very well. I think initially, the support will be for SRM, though... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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