[ tech-kern removed, this doesn't belong there ]

In message <Pine.SOL.3.96.980821165155.6599A-100000@owen.arl.wustl.edu>, Ruibia
o Qiu writes:
>
>I just got a sparc 5 box to replace my sparc 2 box.  :)  I would
>like to run NetBSD instead of Solaris.  However, I was told that
>there was no stable port for sparc 5.  Is this still ture?

Who told you that?  From http://www.NetBSD.ORG/Ports/sparc/index.html:

  The following hardware is supported by NetBSD/sparc: 

         CPUs: 
                sun4m machines: 4/600, Classic, LX, SS4, SS5, SS10, SS20 

It's been supported for a long time.