From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Sat Nov 26 19:18:58 2016 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58220C578F6 for <freebsd-sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:18:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [192.108.105.60]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.soaustin.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 2 IV Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4160BA98 for <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org>; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:18:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from lonesome.com (bones.soaustin.net [192.108.105.22]) by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 03C715F2; Sat, 26 Nov 2016 13:18:56 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 13:18:54 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Darren D <lepitbull@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <20161126191854.GA32422@lonesome.com> References: <785bd845-f89e-5a00-04e6-f572ba02393a@shaw.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <785bd845-f89e-5a00-04e6-f572ba02393a@shaw.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc <freebsd-sparc64.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-sparc64>, <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64>, <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:18:58 -0000 I do not know the minimum requirements for running FreeBSD anymore for older systems. However, the "sparc64" bits will not work on any of your systems -- you will need either "i386" (32-bit) or "amd64" (64-bit) installations. You may have better luck asking questions on the FreeBSD Forums (forums.freebsd.org IIRC.) Good luck, mcl