From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Mar 19 4:17:14 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E99837B401 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:17:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (ny2.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5069343F75 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:17:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keith_schmauss@mailbolt.com) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id D08B04E17D; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:17:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=smtp.us2.messagingengine.com) by fastmail.fm with SMTP; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:17:10 -0500 Received: by smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id CB9C74E431; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:17:10 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.2 (F2.71; T1.001; A1.51; B2.12; Q2.03) From: "Keith Schmauss" To: "Charles Kline" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 05:17:10 -0700 X-Epoch: 1048076230 X-Sasl-enc: pWdG9jvCmEiLkl7lA1dakA Subject: Re: Hardware question References: <0FEDFD1F-587E-11D7-B9DF-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net> In-Reply-To: <0FEDFD1F-587E-11D7-B9DF-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net> Message-Id: <20030319121710.CB9C74E431@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:40:48 -0500, "Charles Kline" said: > Am I right in understanding that FreeBSD will NOT run on any old (ex PC > hardware)? > > For example. I have a Gateway PC that I have been running Win2k on. I > hate it. I want it to be a linux server. Can I use this hardware to run > FreeBSD or do I need to find an old Sparc? > > Thanks, > Charles > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message Hello in regrade to this question,, My present setup is old k5 266 64meg PC i386 kind...very GEneric put together from bits & pieces of other computer[s] found or salvage... I might say is works VERY Well!! Not to start a fire here, but Windows-me will not stay very stable on this machine,,the lock&reboot thing was getting old&boring fast w/ windows... my uptime?? geee days weeks nows, and running fine. Will your Gateway PC works?? mmmm first you should knows the whats and where in of what hardware that in this Gateway PC... Then check out the FreeBSD manual to see if your hardware is supports Mostly likely it it in the case of the Gateway PC, FReeBSD 4.7 RElease will works fine and handy,,,,as always more onboard memory will always help your Gateway PC run better :) Any Q?? ask me ... Keith >>>a question has more value than an answer,, it is in the question<< >>that you find wisdom and faith << -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message