From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 13:10:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D83A516A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:10:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1709543D45 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:10:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (sjivid@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAPDAoU1027220 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:10:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iAPDAoVE027219; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:10:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:10:50 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200411251310.iAPDAoVE027219@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.10-RELEASE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:10:53 -0000 Rob 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