From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 5 18:25:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5F4F106566B for ; Sat, 5 May 2012 18:25:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from www6.pairlite.com (www6.pairlite.com [64.130.10.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15F18FC0A for ; Sat, 5 May 2012 18:25:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atomizer64 (c-67-186-61-206.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [67.186.61.206]) by www6.pairlite.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E5B23B861; Sat, 5 May 2012 14:19:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 14:19:25 -0400 From: Rod Person To: Kenneth Hatteland Message-ID: <20120505141925.62bfc8d6@atomizer64> In-Reply-To: <4FA5614A.8050609@kleppnett.no> References: <4FA5614A.8050609@kleppnett.no> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off topic: NetBSD or OpenBSD for Alpha server ? 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: Sat, 05 May 2012 18:25:48 -0000 On Sat, 05 May 2012 19:20:10 +0200 Kenneth Hatteland wrote: > The idea of installing FreeBSD 6.4 and experiment with upgrading > to7.x and above appeals to quite a lot. If anyone have tried this I`d > like to know if it is doable. I guess I`ll pick up the server one of > the coming days. I have an Aspen Durango II Alpha server that I'm pretty sure I was able to upgrade to 7.x using cvs. It been sitting ideal in my basement for a few years now. I don't think you can go above 7. > The tip on using OpenVMS is okay, I googled it. But this seems to be > a commercial OS, and I have no money to spend on it, and I get the > server for free to play with. So BSD will be fine. The hobby license is free. You just need the media, which I think sells for around 30 - 50 bucks when it pops up on Ebay. Not sure if the Hobbyist still sell media. -- Rod Person http://www.rodperson.com rodperson@rodperson.com "Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity, go on sending all the slaves that can be sold." - Letter from Christopher Columbus. J.A. Rawley, The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A History. Pg.3