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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:10:51 -0500
From:      Simon Morton <simon.morton@verizon.net>
To:        Edward Guldemond <ed_master_of_magic@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing on an old 486...
Message-ID:  <3C041D7B.5040705@verizon.net>
References:  <20011127225335.81684.qmail@web14601.mail.yahoo.com>

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Edward Guldemond wrote:

> All,
>     I was wondering if it was possible to install
> FreeBSD on an old 486 that I have laying around my
> house.  The intent is to have it running as an NAT box
> and as a firewall.  The specs are:
> 
> - Cyrex 486 DX2/66MhZ
> - 8 Megs RAM
> - RealTec clone network card
> - 8 Gigs hard drive space (upgraded from 400 Meg)
> - 4x CDROM drive
> - Cirrus Logic VGA card
> - External 56K modem
> 
> I was wondering if there was anything special I had to
> do to get the install running.  It hangs after
> selecting the packages to install.  Upgrading the RAM
> isn't an option right now, unfortunatly.


Recent versions of FreeBSD require 12MB of RAM to install, although, 
once installed, it is supposed to run with 8MB.

I recently installed FreeBSD 4.2 on a 486DX/33 which originally had
only 8MB of RAM.  I found memory online at a computer surplus outlet
and was able to upgrade to 16MB for a grand total of $4.00 (+ $8.00
for shipping) so if cost is your issue maybe you could go that route.

HTH
Simon
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