On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:58:33AM -0600, Ade Lovett wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2011, at 19:31 , Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > > >> The final architecture on which we use sysinstall, ia64, is currently unsupported, because I don't know how to set up booting on those systems -- patches to solve this are very much welcome. > > > > Don't let this stop you. I'll work with you on this after the dust > > has settled. > > Just out of random curiosity. Seriously. > > Exactly why, short of "of course it runs", in which case NetBSD is --> way, why are we even trying to handle ia64 as a platform, regardless of tier, when it is patently obvious that it is going absolutely _nowhere_ in terms of a viable platform? > I was waiting for a developer to reply, but anyway.. I don't know why you, the FreeBSD project, offer ia64 distribution, but as a user I'm very grateful to you for providing it. I think NetBSD is nowhere near FreeBSD on ia64 support. I've learnt things with FreeBSD/ia64 (and with FreeBSD/alpha before it) which I woudn't have leart otherwise. I've 3 FreeBSD/ia64 boxes and by and large I'm very happy with this platform. I can do all I need to do with it. The ~400 or so ports installed on my system is good enough. > At least I can pick up a box for <$50 from ebay and run /sparc64 on it. Say the same for /ia64? Didn't think so. > Well.. ia64 is more expensive, yes. But.. I think it can give you more. I'm quite tempted to get this server, for example: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280618792191 But sparc64 is good as well. In fact, I use a FreeBSD/sparc64 box as an Xserver to view clients running on FreeBSD/ia64. many thanks for your excellent work anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423Received on Thu Jan 20 2011 - 15:43:23 UTC
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