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Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 11:00:26 -0700
From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
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Chris wrote:
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> 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:
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> >
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> >
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