From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 11:43:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65BA106566B for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:43:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp3.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC3E8FC0C for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:43:20 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=KJ41VqaGgMJU2ws2ls0ce4GJrpiKbSN+1I9+qTXdWQA= c=1 sm=0 a=r0UeAz_BoXoA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=SM0Dsq3OAAAA:8 a=u3nJZlO0U1PZdQXGUQwA:9 a=Q/oqmR4JO1zR3vNQamCQeQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.26.53 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.26.53] ([74.134.26.53:39725] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id 17/42-07225-7DD822F4; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:43:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:43:19 -0500 Message-ID: <17.42.07225.7DD822F4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Subject: Re: T2000 Sparc FreeBSD8.2 installation failed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:43:21 -0000 > On 01/26/2012 02:05 PM, Anonymous wrote: > > NetBSD > > Not recommended, sorry to say > Why? Fritz Wuehler responded: > Net has support for less sparc64 platforms than OpenBSD or FreeBSD and > NetBSD reliability has gone downhill. I am sad to say it but I think Net's > best days are behind us. I hope I have to eat my words some day. It used to > be my favorite OS and pkgsrc is fantastic. NetBSD supports many different platforms, maybe it's the way they count that makes it look like more than FreeBSD and Linux? I have great problems with NetBSD on new Intel Sandy Bridge computer. It was FreeBSD 9.0_BETA1 that caused me to suspend the struggle with NetBSD. NetBSD-HEAD (5.99.xx to become 6.0) wouldn't even boot from hard-drive installation, would boot partway but hang. Installation CD would boot maybe half the time. NetBSD 5.1_STABLE would boot, but always went into immediate hard reboot when I tried to go to X. On old computer, I have weird screenblanking problems with both NetBSD 5.1_STABLE and HEAD; 4.0.1 was somewhat better. On new computer, apparently the only viable open-source OSes are FreeBSD and Linux. OpenBSD seems too backward and problematic, I never installed that. Tom