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Date:      Fri, 23 Jan 1998 02:51:22 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        System Administrator <hostmaster@DrZone.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can i use FreeBSD on Alpha Machine ?
Message-ID:  <19980123025122.20614@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <34C7F0AB.E2C176C6@DrZone.COM>; from System Administrator on Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 10:21:47AM %2B0900
References:  <34C7F0AB.E2C176C6@DrZone.COM>

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On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 10:21:47AM +0900, System Administrator wrote:
> Hi~
> 
> I'm system administrator of EWON I&C Inc., Korea.
> 
> Currently, FreeBSD 2.2.5 and FreeBSD 3.0-current are running on
> Pentium-II mchines.
> 
> my clients request about Alpha Machine FreeBSD, but i dont't know ...
> 
> Is there complete FreeBSD port to Alpha ?

No, the port is just beginning to show activity, after quite a long
pause due to lacking documentation for the hardware Digital donated.

It will take a few months (at least) before the alpha port with the
FreeBSD kernel is ready.  Presently, I believe the port is fairly
close to bootstrapping with a NetBSD kernel, but that isn't a "real
port" (even though it will make it _feel_ like FreeBSD wrt what
commands do etc).

Eivind.




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