From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 18 09:49:55 2004 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 A1D7216A4CE for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:49:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.DCTEXAS.NET (mail.dctexas.net [65.162.52.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1736643D48 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:49:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from justino@dctexas.net) Message-ID: <000601c49d64$e9d94fc0$e5990e0c@BOX1> From: "Justin Oechsner" To: Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 04:50:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Bsd on Sun Cobalts. When if ever? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Justin Oechsner List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:49:55 -0000 If this goes to the wrong team, or person please forward to anyone = related here in. Hello, I like many other out there have a Sun system known as a Cobalt. = Mines a Cobalt XTR. Its an x86 Platform mines (1ghz PIII dual capable). = Currently there are no BSD Platforms which will install on it. You can = however install Linux Platforms, such RedHat/Slack/Gen ect ect. after = you flash the BIOS with an after marker Flash available from Sourceforge = http://sourceforge.net/projects/cobalt-rom . The current problem at had = with all of the Cobalt systems is that there is no Standard bios for it, = allowing load from a MBR. Even though the ROM data from Sun and from = Sourceforge is all open source. I know you at FreeBSD have put a lot of = time in to the Sparc versions of BSD. But, is there any chance you could = lend a helpful hand to the few of us people with Cobalts that haven't = given up on them, and maybe give the people who have a reason to pull = them out of the closet? I'm not a asm or C programmer or I'd help. :( = But I'd be willing to do anything to help. Sincerely, Justin Oechsner me@hinac.com