From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 19 1:59:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bumper.jellybaby.net (bumper.jellybaby.net [194.159.247.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A586C37B718 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 01:59:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simond@bumper.jellybaby.net) Received: (from simond@localhost) by bumper.jellybaby.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id JAA98186; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:59:47 GMT (envelope-from simond) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:59:47 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: david fletcher Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running bsd on an amd computer Message-ID: <20010319095947.A97988@irrelevant.org> References: <20010319065007.26305.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010319065007.26305.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net>; from davidfletcher@metconnect.com on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:50:07PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:50:07PM -0800, david fletcher wrote: > dear sirs, > > i just started training to be an oracle dba and am studying sun solaris unix. > > my computer has an amd new atholon thunderbird 850 MHz processor with 128 MEGS of RAM, a 40 gig high speed hard drive and floppy and cd rom drives. > > will free bsd run on my system? Yes, FreeBSD runs fine on Athlons. > sun solaris unix requires intel so i'm not sure. Actually solaris x86 works on AMD chips too, either that or I was imagining having it installed a while back on a K6-2/300 :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message