Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:21:49 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? Message-ID: <41A5880D.4030405@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041125070540.GA44058@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com> <20041125070540.GA44058@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:02:28PM +0900, 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? > > One thing you need on the target system (IIRC..) is a FPU. So? The hardware requirements state "FreeBSD can run on 386 processors...". Can I induce an FPU into my system by customizing my kernel? Rob.
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