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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:17:07 +0100
From:      Charlie Clark <charlie@begeistert.org>
To:        Charles Kline <ckline@rightcode.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Hardware question
Message-ID:  <20030317151707.2091.12@wonderland.1047891566.fake>
In-Reply-To: <0FEDFD1F-587E-11D7-B9DF-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net>
References:   <0FEDFD1F-587E-11D7-B9DF-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net>

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On 2003-03-17 at 14:40:48 [+0100], Charles Kline wrote:
> Am I right in understanding that FreeBSD will NOT run on any old (ex PC 
> hardware)?

No you are wrong in this assumption. FreeBSD was written to run on PC 
hardware (386 and up).

> 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?

This should be perfect for FreeBSD.

Charlie

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