From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Mar 17 5:40:55 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D3F37B401 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:40:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from neo.ydim.com (neo.ydim.com [207.7.58.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32C0243F93 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:40:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ckline@rightcode.net) Received: from rightcode.net (68.46.31.95) by neo.ydim.com with ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 3.1.4) for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:40:49 -0600 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:40:48 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Hardware question From: Charles Kline To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <0FEDFD1F-587E-11D7-B9DF-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Am I right in understanding that FreeBSD will NOT run on any old (ex PC hardware)? For example. I have a Gateway PC that I have been running Win2k on. I hate it. I want it to be a linux server. Can I use this hardware to run FreeBSD or do I need to find an old Sparc? Thanks, Charles To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message