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List:       suse-sparc
Subject:    Re: [suse-sparc] reenabling a solaris install?
From:       Lieven Buts <lieven () ultr ! vub ! ac ! be>
Date:       2002-01-17 8:18:11
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Thomas Maisl wrote:
> Mattias Dahlberg wrote:
> > I've read a lot about NetBSD and would really like to try that instead.
> > But I can't install Solaris.
> Why do you need to install Solaris first to install NetBSD finally?
> > And it isn't just Solaris I would like to install. In the future I would like
> > to try out *BSD as well, but can I?
> NetBSD should provide the same functionallity.

According to http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html, the
SPARC64 port of NetBSD is nowhere near ready for use. 
OpenBSD does appear to have a supported SPARC64 port
(http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html).


-- 
Lieven Buts
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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