Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:10:50 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? Message-ID: <200411251310.iAPDAoVE027219@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com>
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Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> wrote: > I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html > says: > > 1.2 Hardware Requirements > FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install > and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom > kernel).... > > What does this mean? > Should I install on 486 or higher, build a custom kernel and then > physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC? I haven't tried this myself, but you should be able to re- place the GENERIC kernel on the install CD with a custom kernel that contains i386 CPU support. That way you don't have to physically move disk drives. Alternatively, install FreeBSD 4.10 (or -stable) which still supports i386 in GENERIC, then update from there, keeping the i386 option in your kernel. Note that you will need a hardware FPU (i387 math co-pro). FreeBSD 4.x supports math emulation, so you don't need a hardware FPU there, but apparently that support has been removed in FreeBSD 5.x. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private destructor, and when was the last time you needed one?" -- Tom Cargil, C++ Journal
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