From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 17:05:17 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D8616A41F for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:05:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E10D43D46 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:05:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout02/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7VH5GiN016009; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:05:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.1.209] (nfw1.codefab.com [199.103.21.225]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin08/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id j7VH5EmN029265; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:05:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4315DC4D.6050107@dsl-only.net> References: <4315DC4D.6050107@dsl-only.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <20F5D5C2-88A8-41B1-AFFC-2966FCAA30C6@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:05:13 -0400 To: Rick-Ashley Read X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Pentium and GUI 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: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:05:17 -0000 On Aug 31, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Rick-Ashley Read wrote: > I am up against a wall trying to discern which LATEST version > will run > with a dual Pentium board, and allow a GUI interface. Running a GUI interface desires 64MB of RAM or more, but is independent of the type of CPUs you have. > I am over my head studying for CCNP Certification exams. I have > spent > all the time I can budget for looking for this simple info. OK. > I have release 4.3 - but could download a later release, since > the 5.4 > I have on hand will NOT install on a Pentium platform. That's a problem which ought to be fixed. You haven't provided enough information to diagnose what's going wrong, however. Consider trying 4.11 or wait a little bit for 6.0-RELEASE instead. -- -Chuck