From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 14 18:25:10 2003 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 0AD6237B401 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:25:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.acd.net (smtp.acd.net [207.179.64.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A4D543FAF for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 18:25:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from taxman@ACD.NET) Received: from modem47.nas4.acd.net ([207.179.85.243]) by smtp.acd.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Fri, 14 Mar 2003 21:24:58 -0500 From: taxman To: "Wizard of Wor" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A simple question about FreeBSD Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 21:28:14 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303142128.14193.taxman@acd.net> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Mar 2003 02:24:59.0392 (UTC) FILETIME=[1390E000:01C2EA9A] 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 On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: > I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I > run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? The install documentation or the FAQ does have this answer, but yes you should be able to run fine on this machine. Just don't try to install X windows, unless you set up a *lot* of swap. It also depends a little bit on if there is any noncooperative hardware on the machine. Laptops tend to have some of that. Best bet is to try it. 4.x will probably work the best for you. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message