Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 22:29:14 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Thomas F Simpson Jr <toms@chirock.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 486 Install?? Message-ID: <482DE08A.3080408@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <W6330118384325431210963588@webmail23> References: <W6330118384325431210963588@webmail23>
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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 > > You can find the minimum memory requirements for different versions in this post: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2006-August/011029.html Don't know about disk space though. A friend of mine is running a 6.3-RELEASE on a pentium 133 with 48Mb RAM: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 #2: Sat May 10 14:13:20 EEST 2008 root@test.home.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TEST Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Pentium/P54C (132.63-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x52c Stepping = 12 Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8> real memory = 50331648 (48 MB) avail memory = 43896832 (41 MB) Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug kbd1 at kbdmux0 Mind you, since you are referring to a 486, I don't believe you will be able to install recent releases. I have installed 4.11 on a 386 though (with 24Mb RAM)
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