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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: Problems with 4.4 BSD on SPARC
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1993 04:15:04 GMT
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In article <2683vuINN1a1@sal.hal.COM>, kenneth@hal.COM (Kenneth A. Smith) writes:
> Having problems getting 4.4 BSD booted single user on a SUN IPC or running
> multiuser for more than a couple minutes on an IPX using the /vmunix kernel
> provided on the distribution tape.

  I can't check this as my 4.4-final tape hasn't come yet (yes, Keith, that's
a hint 8-), but I believe the release only supports "older" SPARC hardware
and may be confused by newer systems.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
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