Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 09:04:22 -0800 (PST) From: Edward Guldemond <ed_master_of_magic@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing on an old 486... Message-ID: <20011128170422.99719.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3C041D7B.5040705@verizon.net>
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I don't know if anyone has raised this issue, but in the Handbook, it says minimum of 5 megs RAM to install and 4 megs to run. Just my 2 cents. Actually, I plan on ripping out the hard drive, moving it to my development machine, installing FreeBSD on it there, and moving it back to the old 486. Any specific issues I should be aware of? Thanks a bunch, Ed --- Simon Morton <simon.morton@verizon.net> wrote: > Edward Guldemond wrote: > > > 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. > > > Recent versions of FreeBSD require 12MB of RAM to > install, although, > once installed, it is supposed to run with 8MB. > > I recently installed FreeBSD 4.2 on a 486DX/33 which > originally had > only 8MB of RAM. I found memory online at a > computer surplus outlet > and was able to upgrade to 16MB for a grand total of > $4.00 (+ $8.00 > for shipping) so if cost is your issue maybe you > could go that route. > > HTH > Simon > -- > http://www.SimonMorton.com > smorton at acm dot org > \rm -rf /bin/laden > __________________________________________________ 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
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