From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 14 16:32:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFCFE37B401; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:32:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0606A43EC2; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:32:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gBF0WbuB094803; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:32:37 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:32:19 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20021214.173219.116676673.imp@bsdimp.com> To: phk@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: akruijff@dds.nl, DavidJohnson@Siemens.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 80386 out of GENERIC From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <24244.1039900460@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <635948263.20021214220720@dds.nl> <24244.1039900460@critter.freebsd.dk> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: <24244.1039900460@critter.freebsd.dk> phk@FreeBSD.ORG writes: : >I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a : >small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that : >any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. : : No it doesn't mean that. : : FreeBSD still runs on all 386 family CPUs, the only difference is that : if you want to run it on a 80386 you need to enable an option in : your kernel config file. : : It will out of the box run on 486 and anything later. One problem with most 386 boxes is that they have very little memory. sysinstall is a big, bloated pig dog these days that takes more RAM than most 386 boxes have. This is true also for many 486 boxes too. So even if 386 stuff were in the default kernel, you'd likely have other issues in making sysinstall work and have to do custom hacking... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message