Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:24:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will it run on ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811182021410.21711-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199811181546.KAA24398@jabberwock.rstcorp.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Viren R. Shah wrote: > > The machine is currently running Linux/alpha. since no one is using it > currently I could borrow it, if the FreeBSD/alpha port runs on it. > Here's the dmesg from linux: > > [...] > > Is this enough information to tell whether FreeBSD/Alpha would run on > this? That's not quite enough. I need to know what kind of alpha it is (AlphaStation 200, 400, 500 etc, Multia, PC164 etc). There is a good chance that we support it since we run on most non-AlphaServer machines. The main problem for your machine is that TGA isn't supported yet so you would probably be limited to a serial console. You will probably also need to switch from the AlphaBIOS firmware which Linux normally uses to the SRM firmware which is all we currently support. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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