Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 16:11:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> To: mi@privatelabs.com Cc: Aleksey <caspy@masterhost.ru>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem bootimg [free|pico]bsd at 386sx Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005051610390.46556-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> In-Reply-To: <200005052007.QAA52363@misha.privatelabs.com>
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On Fri, 5 May 2000 mi@privatelabs.com wrote: > On 5 May, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote: > =3D On Fri, 5 May 2000, Aleksey wrote: > =3D=20 > =3D > Greetings! > =3D >=20 > =3D > I have a 386sx with 4mb of mem, floppy. > =3D > trying to boot from freebsd 3.=C8 install floppies and/or picobsd. > =3D >=20 > =3D=20 > =3D See INSTALL.TXT: > =3D=20 > =3D FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no > =3D support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install > =3D and 4 megs of RAM to run..... > =3D=20 > =3D Sounds like you are 1 meg short. >=20 > Should not PicoBSD still work? >=20 > In any case, I think, it is possible to build a customized version of > kernel (less drivers, no PCI/EISA) and it may fit... But you'll have > to build on some other machine. >=20 In the case of PicoBSD, you will probably have to trim the kernel as much as possible... ----- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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