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by **Joseph Edward** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

I am aware that freebsd is mainly a "PC Compatible" OS, but is there a
version available for Sparcs?

Thanks,
Joseph Edwards

by **Andre Opperman** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> I am aware that freebsd is mainly a "PC Compatible" OS, but is there a
> version available for Sparcs?

No. However there was an effort some time ago by Sun's SPARC processor
division to help a port. But this has been silently dropped.

There is a FreeBSD/Alpha port underway (well, mostly finished). It will
run on most current single CPU Alpha boxes.

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Andre

by **Philip van Ulde** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

FreeBSD is strictly for PC's but you can get a copy of NetBSD that will run
on a Sparc.

Phil

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>I am aware that freebsd is mainly a "PC Compatible" OS, but is there a
>version available for Sparcs?

>Thanks,
> Joseph Edwards

by **William Lars** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

As someone already said, FreeBSD is not available for anything except
for Intel based PCs (and compatibles).

You may want to look into NetBSD (www.netbsd.org) and/or OpenBSD
(www.openbsd.org) which do have ports for the Sun Sparc hardware.

You may also want to look at an FAQ prior to asking these types of
questions. (I'm not trying to be snide. The FreeBSD FAQ does answer
this question. It's just that these type of questions are appearing
too frequently indicating that the asker has not spent any time trying
to find an answer for themselves. The same question was asked and
answered on Sept. 29, not a long time ago. These earlier messages have
a good chance of still being available on your news server. I found
this earlier message by using AltaVista's Usenet search capability.)

>I am aware that freebsd is mainly a "PC Compatible" OS, but is there a
>version available for Sparcs?

by **Alan Dalzi** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

>FreeBSD is strictly for PC's but you can get a copy of NetBSD that will run
>on a Sparc.

>Phil

Only if you live in the US or Canada :-( I don't, so can't buy
one, would like to though!!

Alan

by **Joe Abl** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

>I am aware that freebsd is mainly a "PC Compatible" OS, but is there a
>version available for Sparcs?

From the FAQ, http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ11.html#11

1.10. Is FreeBSD only available for PCs ?

At present, yes, though a port to the DEC Alpha and UltraSPARC architecture
is under way. If your machine has a different architecture and you
need something right now, we suggest you look at NetBSD or OpenBSD.

See http://www.freebsd.org/~jseger/freebsd-sparc/

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Network Architect, CLEAR Net I'm not speaking at all. I'm typing.

by **Stuart Henderso** » Fri, 09 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> >FreeBSD is strictly for PC's but you can get a copy of NetBSD that will run
> >on a Sparc.

> Only if you live in the US or Canada :-( I don't, so can't buy
> one, would like to though!!

OpenBSD.

by **Christoph Badu** » Fri, 09 Oct 1998 04:00:00

>>FreeBSD is strictly for PC's but you can get a copy of NetBSD that will run
>>on a Sparc.
>Only if you live in the US or Canada :-( I don't, so can't buy
>one, would like to though!!

You can get one form http://www.core.de/Gateway/.
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Christoph Badura
Verlag O'Reilly

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