Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:39:10 +0200 From: Michael-John Turner <mj@turner.org.za> To: "drpatrick@netzero.com" <drpatrick@netzero.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sparcbook 3GX Message-ID: <20050513143910.GA16771@katana.pimp.org.za> In-Reply-To: <20050512.221224.12790.8521@webmail23.nyc.untd.com> References: <20050512.221224.12790.8521@webmail23.nyc.untd.com>
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On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 05:12:03AM +0000, drpatrick@netzero.com wrote: > I'm trying to find out if FreeBSD 5.2 will support the sparcbook > 3gx laptop. I bought the FreeBSD 5.2 and it had i386 written on it > and I wanted to know if this version is for only x86 architecture. > Please advise on what steps I need to take to obtain the FreeBSD OS > for my sparcbook 3gx. Thanks for taking the time to read this > email. FreeBSD only supports 64-bit SPARC machines (sun4u architecture). For the 3GX, your best best is going to be NetBSD, which supports it pretty well. See http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/sparc/ for more information. -mj -- Michael-John Turner | http://mj.turner.org.za/ mj@turner.org.za | Open Source in WC ZA - http://www.clug.org.za/
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