From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 14:14:17 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 BAF1D16A420 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:14:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Received: from neonpark.inter-sonic.com (neonpark.inter-sonic.com [212.247.8.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6129043D49 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:14:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Received: from localhost (terrapin.inter-sonic.com [172.16.1.12]) by neonpark.inter-sonic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F130818E23; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:14:15 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43F1E5B2.3090308@intersonic.se> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:14:10 +0100 From: Per olof Ljungmark Organization: Intersonic AB User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060120) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M. Cummins" References: <000801c63120$1a730d60$0202a8c0@http192.168.2.3> In-Reply-To: <000801c63120$1a730d60$0202a8c0@http192.168.2.3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at inter-sonic.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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 14:14:17 -0000 M. Cummins wrote: > 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. We've all been there. Why don't you start with something like http://www.google.se/search?num=100&hl=en&q=freebsd+%22minimum+requirements%22+install+site%3Afreebsd.org&btnG=Search to see what others did and experienced