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Date:      Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:49:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:      cjc26@cornell.edu
To:        BSD Bob <bsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
Cc:        Aaron Smith <aaron@mutex.org>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status of FBSD sparc porting?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.990902084910.8197B-100000@travelers.mail.cornell.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199909021150.HAA12345@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>

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Just curious, why OpenBSD instead of NetBSD?  Is there any advantage to 
using one or the other to bootstrap from?

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, BSD Bob wrote:

> > my plan was to install openBSD on one of my sparcs and use it to compile
> > FreeBSD code and start banging on this stuff, but i have not had enough
> > free time to get going on it.
> > 
> > aaron
> 
> OBSD-2.5 runs fine and boots from a single floppy.  I run it on an IPX
> and an SS1.  But, I was thinking that kindof keeping it in the family
> would be nice.  How many folks are actually working on an FBSD port?
> What sources currently exist that could be rounded up from here and there?
> I use the IPX for web testing, but the SS1 could be unloaded on its
> hd1 and maybe used as a porting platform from SunOS or OpenBSD.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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