Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:37:06 +0100 From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG To: Alex <akruijff@dds.nl> Cc: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC Message-ID: <33254.1039905426@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:25:26 %2B0100." <9710634521.20021214232526@dds.nl>
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In message <9710634521.20021214232526@dds.nl>, Alex writes: >>>I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a >>>small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that >>>any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. > >> No it doesn't mean that. > >> FreeBSD still runs on all 386 family CPUs, the only difference is that >> if you want to run it on a 80386 you need to enable an option in >> your kernel config file. > >> It will out of the box run on 486 and anything later. > >It means that you can not install FreeBSD on a 386 unless you have a >486+ machine that can compile a new FreeBSD system and have a way to >get that version to the 386. "Too bad". -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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