From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 6 16: 7: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA13D37B416 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 16:06:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g1706ql04654 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 01:06:52 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2002020701034940:1123 ; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 01:03:49 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g170IAT17075 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 7 Feb 2002 01:18:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 01:18:10 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware requirements Message-ID: <20020207001809.GL99518@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 02/07/2002 01:03:49 AM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 02/07/2002 01:03:55 AM, Serialize complete at 02/07/2002 01:03:55 AM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Trqwrench2@aol.com > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:52:03 EST > Subject: Hardware requirements > To: questions@freebsd.org > > good. I have an old 386 laptop that was given to me. Could it do anything > with Free B? Well, that depends. Have a look at this page: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.5R/hardware-i386.html Generally speaking, 386 processors *are* supported, but you might have bad luck with X (the GUI), or stuff like network cards.. > Does UNIX interact with hardware the same way DOS/Windows does? What do you mean? -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 1:15AM up 17 days, 7:38, 11 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.05, 0.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message