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Date:      Tue, 9 Sep 1997 09:12:46 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>
Cc:        Jaeho Lee <jhlee@hanyon.co.kr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Dec Alpha
Message-ID:  <19970909091246.54352@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199709081359.IAA09361@beowulf.utmb.edu>; from M. L. Dodson on Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 08:59:28AM -0500
References:  <3413D01B.A9C68310@mail.hanyon.co.kr> <199709081359.IAA09361@beowulf.utmb.edu>

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On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 08:59:28AM -0500, M. L. Dodson wrote:
> Jaeho Lee writes:
>> Hello.
>> When is it possible to have FreeBSD on Dec Alpha Machine?
>> It is critical for my project. I'm considering to use FreeBSD rather
>> than Linux because of stability. But I need the power of Hardware like
>> Alpha chip. If your plan to port Dec is not soon enough, I have to
>> choose Linux as my platform.
>> Thanks.
>
> Hate to see you do that ;-)  I think the netbsd folks have an alpha
> version.  Look at http://www.netbsd.org

People are working on an Alpha version of FreeBSD as well.  But I
don't think you could say that, at the moment, it's more stable than
the Linux version.  It's not just for the Alpha, it's definitely alpha
quality as well.

Greg



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