From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 28 20:33:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA28018 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:33:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA28013 for ; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:33:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA04351; Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:32:04 -0800 Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 20:32:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mark Jamison cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hardware Compatibility.. In-Reply-To: <9601262223.AA29507@jupiter2.noname> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 26 Jan 1996, Mark Jamison wrote: > Hi I was wondering if FreeBSD would run on my system.. > > My system is configured as follows: > > 486DX-2 50MHz > 8 megs RAM > EIDE Controller Card > EIDE Mitsumi 4X CD-ROM > EIDE Conner 850MB Hard Drive > Soundblaster 16 > Gravis Ultrasound ACE > Cirrus SVGA VESA Card (1meg VRAM) Only sticky point may be your CDROM, since ATAPI isn't well supported (slave on the primary disk only). Will eventually work though :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major