From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 05:08:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE6116A420 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:08:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhfoo@nexlabs.com) Received: from tin.colossus.net (tin.colossus.net [216.121.224.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0DBF43D62 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:08:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhfoo@nexlabs.com) Received: from nexpc (63.210-193-15.adsl.qala.com.sg [210.193.15.63]) by tin.colossus.net (8.9.3p2/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA09185; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:07:55 -0800 Message-ID: <04d401c63125$f6492ea0$c801a8c0@nexpc> From: "Foo Ji-Haw" To: "M. Cummins" , References: <000801c63120$1a730d60$0202a8c0@http192.168.2.3> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:17:32 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Cc: Subject: Re: General Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:08:06 -0000 You can try the current version 6.0, or 5.4. Try to install without a GUI to minimise load. Learning FBSD may be a bit steep at first since you have no unix background. Try reading up on the Handbook to get started: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Cummins" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: General Question > Hi. Sorry about the HTML formatted email. > > I'm extremely interested in installation of a FreeBSD build on a Dell Dimension XPS P133s 133 MHz / 16 MB RAM, with a S3 Trio 64+ PCI (765) and D-Link DFE 530-TX PCI adapter. I've noted the HCL for version 5 (or maybe it was 6?) but I figure I would do better to simply ask - what version do I need to run with my current hardware, and what is the highest version I can run on the machine that I plan to install on? Before you get too far on the reply, please also consider that I primarily want to use the computer for a webserver (for my LAN) in console mode (I doubt a GUI is a good idea considering the hardware I'm using. > > Oh, and sorry if this is inapproprite, but I have no experience with UNIX and really need to learn it. I figured FreeBSD was my best shot at it, based on what I've seen. I've been looking at 2.2.8 and it seems to be a decent choice, but I do consider that you probably know more about this than I do. > > Thanks for even reading, and doubly so if you can help! > > Gratefully, > Miles > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"