Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:29:56 +0100 From: Deff <devnull@chello.nl> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an IBM P75? Message-ID: <3BFCFDD4.9DEFCEE5@chello.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111221413370.51354-100000@support.euronet.nl>
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If u are not sure wether to change or not... I advice to start with soemthing like Pico-BSD. Virtualy similar to Free BSD but reall small and lite. Boots from a floppy so u do not have to kill yer old install. Deff Marc Smits wrote: > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Frits Westra wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > The last couple of weeks I've been browsing through many FreeBSD > > websites but I still can't make up my mind whether switching to > > FreeBSD is a good idea or not. > > > > This is the vintage pc that's available for FreeBSD: > > > > IBM PC330 (Pentium 75) > > 16 MB RAM > > 540 MB IDE HDD > > 33k6 Modem > > There is no CD player (yet) > > Currently it has Win95, which I want to remove. > > > > Hello Fritz, > > I started using FreeBSD a couple of months ago on a pentium 133, which > would work fine. If I would know how to operate properly. According to > the Complete FreeBSD Handbook' it should even work on a 486 with your > specifications. > > Please note that all graphical applications (as Netscape / opera) do use a > lot of CPU. And do not try the FTP-install through your modem :-) > > Grtz, Marc > > Wanadoo, http://www.wanadoo.nl/ > Marc Smits, Wanadoo helpdesk > Muiderstraat 1; Postbus 11095, 1001 GB Amsterdam > T +31 20 5355 666, F +31 20 5355 195, E marcs@support.wanadoo.nl > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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