Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:50:54 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <Mh@kernel32.de> To: Marian Hettwer <Mh@kernel32.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? Message-ID: <41A734BE.4060908@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <41A72F0F.90109@kernel32.de> References: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com> <41A72F0F.90109@kernel32.de>
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top post: forget it. It's Friday, and I'm not tired. I just oversaw that you asked how to get FreeBSD running on a 386 then... sorry :) Marian Hettwer wrote: > Hej there, > > Rob wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html >> says: >> >> 1.2 Hardware Requirements >> FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install >> and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom >> kernel).... >> >> What does this mean? > > the very same what is written down. i386 class architecture requieres to > have at least a (80)486 CPU. > >> Should I install on 486 or higher, build a custom kernel and then >> physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC? >> > I believe you are confused by i386 and 486 ... i386 is just the > architecture, often called x86 too. > 486 is the processor class itself. So: i386 != 386 > > hth, > Marian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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