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Subject: Re: install freeBSD on spac5
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Xavier Beaudouin wrote:
> 
> Le 3 nov. 04, à 06:34, Mohd Jafni a écrit :
> 
>> hello...i'm currently using fedora linux
>>
>> I have 2 question to ask :
>> 1) Can the FreeBSD supports the Sun Sparc5 mechine

FreeBSD/sparc64 supports only 64-bit SPARCs (UltraSPARC-family). I'd 
take NetBSD/sparc for SS5.

> 
> 
> sparcstation 5 or ultra5 ?

Sparc5 is an alias for an SS5. U5 is a different beast.

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