Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:00:26 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Chris <chrismar@raiani.com> Cc: Pentium Cowboy <omicrom808@startrekmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2mb ram Message-ID: <37A72E3A.D44202BC@3-cities.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908031358230.52503-100000@raiani.com>
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Chris wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Just to ellaborate on an otherwise correct response- > > Hardware requirements. > > FreeBSD requires a PC-type personal computer running with an Intel, > AMD, Cyrix, or compatible 386, 486, or Pentium CPU. You computer > needs an ISA, EISA, VESA, or PCI bus. You will also need 5 > megabytes of RAM to install FreeBSD (but 4 megabytes to run it > after installation). For best performance, you should have 8 > megabytes or more. 60MB of disk space is required for a minimal > installation. > > Your disk is fine (albeit a little on the tiny side), but you'll need at > *LEAST* 4 mb to run FreeBSD and 5 to install. There is a pr out on whether 8 or 12MB is required to install it. A few people have been successfull with 8 MB but most require 12 MB to do an install. Kent > > Chris > > On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Dragon Knight ][ wrote: > > > > > > I have an old ps/1 windows 3.1 computer with 85mb hard drive, and 2mb > > > memory. I wish to install freebsd on it as a primary os. my question > > > is... IS IT POSSIBLE? > > > > > > No. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.2 > > iQB1AwUBN6cuRfbh8rV07zbRAQGFPgL7BaMuW5vfqrxh+rpJGaYnL5eygp+5e733 > ww+Zaf2V0waX0Kawp2QwoHfulPQhO125KXA4V1fkwkbVOkFVoXYlV8X00zPAaQS7 > D1IkmNWAPAYeqtTE2kiOp2M8OIRWT3lB > =LToR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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