Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:57:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: alberti@freenet.msp.mn.us, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Sun Floppy? Message-ID: <199804091257.HAA15332@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408235554.13615T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "Apr 8, 98 11:56:39 pm"
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In a previous message, Doug White said: > On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Bob Alberti wrote: > > > Hi! I recently came into an old SparcClassic. I'd like to install FreeBSD > > on it. Is there any way to build a floppy image to start the process, > > particularly if one must use a PC to build the floppy? The machine itself > > has a blank 300 MB hard drive and no CD. > > FreeBSD doesn't officially support Sun hardware (especially the *old* sun4 > stuff) (yet), but someone posted a URL to a supposed port (although it may > have been to the project-in-progress). The port to Sparc is in its infancy. And it's for UltraSparc not the older ones. Try NetBSD or OpenBSD. -- An oral contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on. -- Sam Goldwyn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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