From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 20:07:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CF08106566B for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 20:07:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA8E8FC20 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 20:07:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4GK7Zo1052906; Fri, 16 May 2008 15:07:36 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080516150419.02739a38@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 15:05:23 -0500 To: "Thomas F Simpson Jr" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080516-2, 05/16/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93/6806/Wed Apr 16 15:50:16 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m4GK7Zo1052906 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: 486 Install?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 20:07:48 -0000 At 01:46 PM 5/16/2008, Thomas F Simpson Jr wrote: >I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD >on (I have my reasons). > >I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is >a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these >beasts was 48MB, unless they made some bigger, recognizable, 72-pin modules. > >I have 8 MB of hard drive space free for a FreeBSD partition and I am >actually running an Intel P24T Overdrive for my CPU. All work fine on the >DOS 6.2.2 partition I need to run. > >Would any version of FreeBSD work with just 48MB of RAM? Or do I need to >figure out a way to get more RAM on the board, IF POSSIBLE? > >Thanks. > >Tom Simpson >Omaha, NE >toms@chirock.com >402.896.1157 > I have one system running 6.3 with 48 MB ram, but it does freeze from time to time. I believe it does need more ram and is a system slated for replacement. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.