From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 28 8: 0:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from merlin.ilstu.edu (merlin.ilstu.edu [138.87.4.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEFD637B8AB for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:00:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fordp@guide.chi.il.us) Received: from Zaphod (south212038.resnet.ilstu.edu [138.87.212.38]) by merlin.ilstu.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id KAA29841; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:00:28 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000228095723.012c8574@pop.interaccess.com> X-Sender: fordp@pop.interaccess.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:57:23 -0600 To: "David Robillard" From: Ford Prefect Subject: Re: SGI, R/S 6000 compatibily? Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <2E0BBA787BDE3D1178D100807CFB228A@enzyme.moncourrier.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD currently only runs on Intel x86, and Compaq-DEC Alpha hardware. If you want to run a BSD-like system on an Indigo or rs6k you might try www.NetBSD.org. Both are mentioned in their http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/ page, but neither appears to be completed. At 10:50 AM 2/28/00 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings, > >I would like to know if FreeBSD is operationnal on an SGI Indigo machine (R4000 CPU) or on an r/s6000 Model 830 (PowerPC 604 cpu)? >I'm aware of the linux for PowerPC distribution, but I'd prefer to use FreeBSD as think it's better IMHO. > >I run FreeBSD on Intel hardware (P5MMX/166) and it is just great, since I have good deals on SGIs or R/S6000s, I'd like to install FreeBSD on them. > >TIA. > >A+ enzyme. > >--- > >Envoy=E9 par Moncourrier.com >Vous aussi obtenez gratuitement votre adresse =E9lectronique sur Moncourrier.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > *=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D* \ Ford Prefect Ahead of my time. \ =20 \ fordp@guide.chi.il.us but only by a week. \ \ homepage.interaccess.com/~fordp \ \ \ \ ((In esperanto where available)) \ *=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message