Subject: Re: running a diskless Sun 3/60 under *BSD
To: Pierre.Beyssac <Pierre.Beyssac@emeraude.syseca.fr>
From: Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
List: m68k
Date: 01/28/1994 09:28:52
> I would like your opinions on the following.
>
> I recently have been able to get an old Sun 3/60.
> Its configuration is minimal : diskless, 4 megs RAM.
>
> I also have a 486 PC running FreeBSD 1.0.2. I can get (low volume)
> email at home, as well as comp.os.386bsd.* newsgroups or almost any
> other newsgroup.
>
> If would like to help for the m68k port of *BSD. I think that only
> NetBSD is currently being ported to the 68k, am I wrong ?
>
> I know next to nothing about the Sun 3. Only 68000 machine language...
>
> What I would like to know is :
>
> - how far is the port from being able to boot a minimal kernel
> from the PC via ethernet,
> - is it reasonnable to expect cross-developing the Sun port
> on the PC ?
> - could I be of any help given that I know nothing about the
> Sun 3 hardware ? I suppose the machine-independent parts of
> the *BSD kernel are fairly stable now and don't need much
> work...
> - at least, would you be interested if I helped as a tester ?
>
> What do you think ?
this question should be re-asked on port-sun3@sun-lamp.cs.berkelye.edu
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