From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Nov 27 14:53:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from web14601.mail.yahoo.com (web14601.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.224.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BF2DC37B41B for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:53:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20011127225335.81684.qmail@web14601.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.149.16.4] by web14601.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:53:35 PST Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:53:35 -0800 (PST) From: Edward Guldemond Subject: Installing on an old 486... To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 All, I was wondering if it was possible to install FreeBSD on an old 486 that I have laying around my house. The intent is to have it running as an NAT box and as a firewall. The specs are: - Cyrex 486 DX2/66MhZ - 8 Megs RAM - RealTec clone network card - 8 Gigs hard drive space (upgraded from 400 Meg) - 4x CDROM drive - Cirrus Logic VGA card - External 56K modem I was wondering if there was anything special I had to do to get the install running. It hangs after selecting the packages to install. Upgrading the RAM isn't an option right now, unfortunatly. Thanks in advance, Edward Guldemond ------------------------------------------------------ Hyperon Network Services Cheap server space Located in West Palm Beach, FL Email for rates ------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message