From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 23 20: 1:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 112A237B43A for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 20:01:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tec3vd03 ([207.164.139.14]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010924030152.QTTT23613.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@tec3vd03> for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:01:52 -0400 Message-ID: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca> From: "Eric Landreville" To: Subject: 486 DX33 Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:00:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_008C_01C143BA.57E9C240" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG C'est un message de format MIME en plusieurs parties. ------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C143BA.57E9C240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi ,=20 I was trying to install Freebsd on an old 486DX33 my aunt gave = me , but when it installs , the computer freezes. Everything works well = with my 2 floppies , I also see that the CD is spinning , it begins to = copy , but it freezes, I burned another CD , I thought it could be that, = but it does the same thing. I spoke about this to some of my friends and = they say the problem is my memory. I only got 8 Megs of memory and i = think that could be the problem. I was wondering if i had 20 or even 32 = megs of memory if freebsd would be running. I don't want to install any = X-window component , only the text mode and I'd like to use my Freebsd = box as a Web,ftp server and maybe as a gateway for my personal home = network. Would I be able to do all those things with my pc if I'd have = 20 Megs of Ram. Eric ------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C143BA.57E9C240 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi ,

I = was trying=20 to install Freebsd on an old 486DX33 my aunt gave me , but when it = installs ,=20 the computer freezes. Everything works well with my 2 floppies , I also = see that=20 the CD is spinning , it begins to copy , but it freezes, I burned = another CD , I=20 thought it could be that, but it does the same thing. I spoke about this = to some=20 of my friends and they say the problem is my memory. I only got 8 Megs = of memory=20 and i think that could be the problem. I was wondering if i had 20 or = even 32=20 megs of memory if freebsd would be running. I don't want to install any = X-window=20 component , only the text mode and I'd like to use my Freebsd box as a = Web,ftp=20 server and maybe as a gateway for my personal home network. Would I = be able=20 to do all those things with my pc if I'd have 20 Megs of = Ram.

Eric

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