From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 22 17:52:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13091 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 17:52:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA12994 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 17:51:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA21280; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 01:51:23 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id CAA10862; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 02:51:22 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980123025122.20614@follo.net> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 02:51:22 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: System Administrator Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can i use FreeBSD on Alpha Machine ? References: <34C7F0AB.E2C176C6@DrZone.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <34C7F0AB.E2C176C6@DrZone.COM>; from System Administrator on Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 10:21:47AM +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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.