From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 23:50:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 743E816A401 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phi@evilphi.com) Received: from mail.twinthornes.com (mail.twinthornes.com [65.75.198.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56CB613C480 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phi@evilphi.com) Received: from [10.9.70.14] (pool-72-87-39-21.ptldor.fios.verizon.net [72.87.39.21]) by mail.twinthornes.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D474A6; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46158675.8060205@evilphi.com> Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:29:57 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: deeptech71@gmail.com References: <200704051719.l35HJ2ZW018555@lurza.secnetix.de> <461584D4.4010606@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <461584D4.4010606@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:50:27 -0000 deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > With my custom kernel, the system makes it to the beastie menu. After > selecting an option, the screen clears (no kernel text displayed), > after which the 486 is restarted. Works fine on modern computer > though. What now? [ATTACHMENT] is my kernel config. Something that > might be needed or is redunant? > > Oh and.. should I be using 5.1 over 6.2? Well for one you should probably not try to boot an i686 kernel on a 486.... -- Darren Pilgrim