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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 installation on Asus K8V-D impossible?
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Joseph Koshy wrote:

>>Anyway, even if I _would_ get to install it my hopes of having a usable [snip]
>>Using an i386 build wouldn't make any difference, would it?
> 
> One thing you could try is to reduce the RAM on board to 512MB.

Hmmm, I have 2 other systems on this machine which I use.  And 1 of 
those is veeeery memory hungry, esp. since I have to do Java development.

It _should_ be able to handle 1GB of memory, no?  512MB won't get me 
very far.

Rainer