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Date:      Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:41:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se>
To:        Eric Landreville <elandrev@lino.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: 486 DX33
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20010924114150.mj@isy.liu.se>
In-Reply-To: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca>

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Try another version fo FreeBSD. A 3.x-version could work.


On 23-Sep-2001 Eric Landreville wrote:
> Hi , 
>         I was trying to install Freebsd on an old 486DX33 my aunt gave me ,
> but when it installs , the computer freezes. Everything works well with my 2
> floppies , I also see that the CD is spinning , it begins to copy , but it
> freezes, I burned another CD , I thought it could be that, but it does the
> same thing. I spoke about this to some of my friends and they say the problem
> is my memory. I only got 8 Megs of memory and i think that could be the
> problem. I was wondering if i had 20 or even 32 megs of memory if freebsd
> would be running. I don't want to install any X-window component , only the
> text mode and I'd like to use my Freebsd box as a Web,ftp server and maybe as
> a gateway for my personal home network. Would I be able to do all those things
> with my pc if I'd have 20 Megs of Ram.
> 
> 
> Eric

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