Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:25:08 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ralph <redwinn@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: where is all the Alpha info Message-ID: <XFMail.000714012508.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <000801bf460a$d3c9d3a0$47cb0c18@clmba1.mo.home.com>
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On 14-Dec-99 Ralph wrote: > whats the deal with only covering the i386 stuff ? > even the installation directions are completely > silent regarding the alpha platform. I'm used to > us getting less coverage but this seems a bit > excessive. The only info I can find on the website > is a reference to an "alpha" page that basically > says "yep, we have an alpha version" which strikes > me as a bit useless. maybe I should ask this: > what is the actual status of the alpha version? > why are references made to all the features > FreeBSD has, but there is never any indication which > platform the features exist on? like i386 emulation, > linux & dos binaries etc. If the alpha port is dead > then say so, if its alive then provide info on it. The Alpha port is far from dead. Rather, as usual, the documentation and web site tend to be a bit behind the actual codebase. BSDi (formerly WC) sell an entire extra CD set with alpha bits, including packages and a bootable CD, on them as FreeBSD/AXP. Also, while it isn't very high traffic, there is a freebsd-alpha list that you can get help from. As far as compatiblity, we don't sport any i386 emulation at the moment, but we can run OSF/1 binaries, and soon we will be able to run Linux/alpha binaries. > any info/help would be appreciated, > -Ralph -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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