From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Mar 19 9:19:14 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 222D237B401 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:19:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from net.wau.nl (NET.WAU.NL [137.224.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30CDE43FB1 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:19:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from FST777@phreaker.net) Received: from asser079.athome239.wau.nl (asser079.athome239.wau.nl [137.224.239.79]) by net.WAU.NL (PMDF V5.2-32 #38746) with ESMTP id <0HC0008IMAOON0@net.WAU.NL> for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:17:14 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 18:16:52 +0100 (CET) From: "Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek" Subject: Re: Hardware question To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Cc: ckline@rightcode.net Reply-To: FST777@phreaker.net Message-id: <0HC0008INAOON0@net.WAU.NL> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Spruce 0.6.5 for X11 w/smtpio 0.7.9 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit 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 I use FreeBSD 4.7 with x-windows on an AMD 486 DX4 as my workstation (I have no better hardware at the moment). It runs fine, faster than Window$ 95 and more stable. FreeBSD should run on every PC with 8 Megs of memory and a 386-processor or up. You won't need to find an old Sparc :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message