Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:16:53 -0700 From: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com> To: Johnny Trivedi <trivedi@corecomm.net> Cc: "Questions List FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD run on my PC Message-ID: <37B06C95.5F15BD0B@criterion-group.com> References: <37B06A03.79AB5E93@corecomm.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F76E2C55AE053ACEEECABF83 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In my - admittedly - limited experience, you really want at least 32MB of RAM or else your swap file is going to get hit pretty hard. If you would like, we have a *ton* of parts from old 486s (30-pin SIMM memory modules, <504MB hard drives, etc.). We've been doing Y2K upgrades for companies here in SoCal and so we have *lots* or spare parts we'd like to get rid of. RAB Johnny Trivedi wrote: > I have been trying to step in to some sort of *nix environment but am > not too sure that I want to try it on my current PC. I do, however, > have another PC. It is a 486 with 25 MHz, only 4 MB of ram, 170 Mb Hard > disk. The only question I have is that will a FULL version of FreeBSD > run on my PC. I don't want to learn some version that is outdated. > What other resources can I turn to for questions. I have already > checked out some reading material on amazon.com but before I purchase > anything I want to know if the OS will work on my PC. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --------------F76E2C55AE053ACEEECABF83 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="rbettle.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Roy Bettle Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rbettle.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bettle;Roy tel;work:(949) 452-1203 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.criterion-group.com org:Criterion Group, Inc. version:2.1 email;internet:rbettle@criterion-group.com title:President note:Businesses that depend on computers, depend on us. adr;quoted-printable:;;26895 Aliso Creek Road=0D=0ASuite B404;Aliso Viejo;CA;92656;USA fn:Bettle, Roy end:vcard --------------F76E2C55AE053ACEEECABF83-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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