Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 15:05:23 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Thomas F Simpson Jr" <toms@chirock.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 486 Install?? Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080516150419.02739a38@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <W6330118384325431210963588@webmail23> References: <W6330118384325431210963588@webmail23>
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At 01:46 PM 5/16/2008, Thomas F Simpson Jr wrote:
>I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD
>on (I have my reasons).
>
>I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is
>a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these
>beasts was 48MB, unless they made some bigger, recognizable, 72-pin modules.
>
>I have 8 MB of hard drive space free for a FreeBSD partition and I am
>actually running an Intel P24T Overdrive for my CPU. All work fine on the
>DOS 6.2.2 partition I need to run.
>
>Would any version of FreeBSD work with just 48MB of RAM? Or do I need to
>figure out a way to get more RAM on the board, IF POSSIBLE?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Tom Simpson
>Omaha, NE
>toms@chirock.com
>402.896.1157
>
I have one system running 6.3 with 48 MB ram, but it does freeze from time
to time. I believe it does need more ram and is a system slated for
replacement.
-Derek
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