Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:25:19 -0700 From: Joe <ibjoe@home.com> To: Johnny Trivedi <trivedi@corecomm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD run on my PC Message-ID: <2.2.32.19990810182519.009714e4@netmail.home.com>
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I tried a partial install via ftp on my 486-66 / 16MB / 160MB HD and ran out of disk space, so I sprung $200 for a 13GB drive. Otherwise it works fine, though seems to take a long time to compile (overnight to rebuild the kernel). At 01:05 PM 8/10/99 -0500, you wrote: >I have been trying to step in to some sort of *nix environment but am >not too sure that I want to try it on my current PC. I do, however, >have another PC. It is a 486 with 25 MHz, only 4 MB of ram, 170 Mb Hard >disk. The only question I have is that will a FULL version of FreeBSD >run on my PC. I don't want to learn some version that is outdated. >What other resources can I turn to for questions. I have already >checked out some reading material on amazon.com but before I purchase >anything I want to know if the OS will work on my PC. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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