Date: 18 Oct 2003 13:16:19 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Frederick Bowes" <fred@k1x.org> Subject: Re: Pentium 120 reboots after loading mfsroot floppy. Message-ID: <4465imsbz0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <.128.250.18.41.1066262739.squirrel@www.k1x.org>
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"Frederick Bowes" <fred@k1x.org> writes: > I was hoping to try out FreeBSD on an old machine I have been given > (Pentium 120, 514MB HD, 8mb ram) and it reboots after loading the mfsroot > floppy disk. You insert the disk, it goes /|\|/ for a while then reboots. > > What might cause this problem? Depends on the FreeBSD version you're trying. You might just be short on memory, though; a system should still be able to run in less memory that, but it may need more to install. I'd expect it to get further than that point, though.home | help
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