Sparc - Gotchas
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This is a stub article for different things to be aware of when installing or using FreeBSD on Sparc hardware.
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Servers only, thanks.
FreeBSD + Sparc = No GUI. See this link w/r/t 5.0; later versions of FreeBSD documentation do not mention it at all.
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Sun keyboard and mouse? Throw them away!
Toss 'em because you can't use 'em. Serial console installation only, please. See Sparc_-_Terminal_Emulation
-- This is no longer true for FreeBSD6? I have used sun keyboards to install FreeBSD6 on my sparc machines.
--I also was able to install using the Sun mouse and keyboard using FreeBSD 7.
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Booting can be problematic
The OpenBoot Firmware: learn it, love it.
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Java is more of a pain
All the Java sources and installers etc etc -- they're iX86 only.
