From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 13 14:39:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71F516A4CE for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 14:39:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ctb-mesg6.saix.net (ctb-mesg6.saix.net [196.25.240.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 008E443D7F for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 14:39:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mj@turner.org.za) Received: from area51.pimp.org.za (wbs-146-128-14.telkomadsl.co.za [165.146.128.14]) by ctb-mesg6.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823F566D8; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:39:10 +0200 (SAST) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:39:10 +0200 From: Michael-John Turner To: "drpatrick@netzero.com" Message-ID: <20050513143910.GA16771@katana.pimp.org.za> References: <20050512.221224.12790.8521@webmail23.nyc.untd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050512.221224.12790.8521@webmail23.nyc.untd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i (Linux katana 2.6.11 i686) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at pimp.org.za cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sparcbook 3GX X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 14:39:25 -0000 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/