Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:33:36 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Eric Landreville" <elandrev@lino.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: 486 DX33 Message-ID: <00fb01c1450e$46c419c0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <008f01c143db$df7a0820$2212dc0a@lino.qc.ca>
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FreeBSD probably doesn't like the limited amount of memory. Try going to 20
or 32 Megs. Either one should allow you to get it up and running.
--- Andy
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Eric Landreville
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:00 PM
To: questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: 486 DX33
Hi ,
I was trying to install Freebsd on an old 486DX33 my aunt gave me ,
but when it installs , the computer freezes. Everything works well with my 2
floppies , I also see that the CD is spinning , it begins to copy , but it
freezes, I burned another CD , I thought it could be that, but it does the
same thing. I spoke about this to some of my friends and they say the
problem is my memory. I only got 8 Megs of memory and i think that could be
the problem. I was wondering if i had 20 or even 32 megs of memory if
freebsd would be running. I don't want to install any X-window component ,
only the text mode and I'd like to use my Freebsd box as a Web,ftp server
and maybe as a gateway for my personal home network. Would I be able to do
all those things with my pc if I'd have 20 Megs of Ram.
Eric
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