Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:26:39 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <Mh@kernel32.de> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? Message-ID: <41A72F0F.90109@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com> References: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com>
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Hej there, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > 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? the very same what is written down. i386 class architecture requieres to have at least a (80)486 CPU. > Should I install on 486 or higher, build a custom kernel and then > physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC? > I believe you are confused by i386 and 486 ... i386 is just the architecture, often called x86 too. 486 is the processor class itself. So: i386 != 386 hth, Marian
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