Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:32:27 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> Cc: pierangelo <iyn74@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: I can't install freebsd5.0 on an old 486 Message-ID: <20030429132611.J45852-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <clsqav487ehphmijni82kagl8rbijkghk7@4ax.com>
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, John Murphy wrote:
> pierangelo <iyn74@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm tring to install on an old 486, with 16mb(!)
> >ram, 33Mhz, 800Mb disk
> >and a VGA video..
> >
> > /stand/sysinstall seems to hang..
> > Better give up and say goodbye to that old,old pc?
>
> Not necessarily. FreeBSD-5.0 is very new and the kernel has debugging
> features built in which may cause difficulty with just 16M memory.
>
> You could try putting more memory in, or try FreeBSD-4.8.
>
The 5.0-RELEASE boot floppies work fine on my 486 with 16MB RAM.
Disconnect the hard disk drive and see if that works...
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Andy Farkas
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