Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:54:01 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: Pablo Quintana <quintana@hondutel.hn> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: It keeps rebooting during installation Message-ID: <19980124165401.04605@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <199801241637.QAA29647@miraf-server2.hondutel.hn>; from Pablo Quintana on Jan 01, 1998 at 04:37:17PM -0600 References: <199801241637.QAA29647@miraf-server2.hondutel.hn>
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On Jan 01, 1998 at 04:37:17PM -0600, Pablo Quintana wrote: > Hi, I`ve recently tried to put FreeBSD to work on a 486 33 MHz but when > booting from the floppy disk makes a routine check and restart the > machine. > CPU Intel 486 33 MHz > LAN NE2000 compatible adapter > CONNER 85 MB HDD > 1.44 Floppy Disk Drive > VGA Monitor > 4 MB RAM ^^^^^^^^ FreeBSD will not install itself on 4MB machines; there isn't enough memory to uncompress everything from the install disk. It _will_ run on these machines, it just won't install itself. I'd suggest temporarily installing a little bit more RAM for install purposes, or putting the hard drive in another machine temporarily and installing FreeBSD from there. -- Jonathan
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