Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 13:36:16 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> To: <KiwiCado23@aol.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <01dc01c0e270$5c4ba610$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <5b.163ae1f5.283b3550@aol.com>
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> Unsure of the proper source of information, I turn to whoever this e-mail > address belongs to. I attempted to install FreeBSD on a ancient 386 laptop > and it is not working, are you the correct e-mail address to diagnose the > problem or can you please direct me to the appropriate person. > the "386 laptop" tells the story :) I've never found installation works properly with less than 16Mb RAM, and very few geriatric 386 laptops of my acquaintance had more than 4Mb. Furthermore laptops are probably the worst machine possible to install any unix ... they typically have the weirdest hardware in existence & its often difficult even installing Windows !! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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