From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Dec 26 22:15:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E58614D15; Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:15:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id QAA56830; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:45:10 +1030 (CST) Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:45:10 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Chris Costello Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha "minimum hardware requirements"? Message-ID: <19991227164509.B1316@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19991224121547.I70195@holly.calldei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991224121547.I70195@holly.calldei.com> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 24 December 1999 at 12:15:47 -0600, Chris Costello wrote: > Since I'm rewriting the FAQ for 3.X, I'd like to include > information about Alpha systems. Unfortunately, I can't find > anything relating to the minimum requirements of hardware in any > documentation. > > So can anyone point me in the right direction, or explain the > 'least possible' system? My understanding was that FreeBSD would run on a minimal alpha, but that it was fussy about the particular model. If you hear differently, please let me know. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message