From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 10:21:07 2004 Return-Path: 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 268D016A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:21:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2E843D31 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i2VIKrDF056910 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:20:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i2VIKq8t056905; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:20:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:20:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Dwight Spence Message-ID: <20040331182052.GA56112@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Dwight Spence , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5F8E195A1BED3545B98B08BEFA24DE370AD4D0@msimailfl.marsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5F8E195A1BED3545B98B08BEFA24DE370AD4D0@msimailfl.marsys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040323, clamav-milter version 0.70a cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd 3.5 Hardware compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:21:07 -0000 --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 10:23:39AM -0500, Dwight Spence wrote: > Could you provide me some information if FreeBSD 3.5 will run on a PC? > =20 > Intel (R) Pentium > =AE $CPU 2.40 GHZ > AT/AT Compatible > =20 > 1,048,048 KB RAM That's not nearly detailed enough information. You should compare the disk controllers, motherboard chipsets, ethernet interfaces and other devices against the supported hardware lists in the Release Notes: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.5R/notes.html -- cross reference the driver information against the 3.5-RELEASE man pages, which often have more detailed information: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3D&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DFreeBSD+3.5.1-RELEASE&format=3Dhtml Although quite why you would want to install such an old and unmaintained release of FreeBSD on what is clearly quite a new machine, I don't know. You're a lot more likely to get good results if you install 4.9-RELEASE, or maybe 5.2.1-RELEASE if this isn't for a critical system. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAawwEdtESqEQa7a0RAijHAJwIY+WJsXtb1i/DtgwenGM27P1pHgCfYaql /PHVLJnPItGN0fCww1farpA= =qOBt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--