Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:59:04 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?Qm9nZGFuIMSGdWxpYnJr?= <bc@default.co.yu> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 486 Install?? Message-ID: <482E9E58.701@default.co.yu> 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? Go for 4.x series. You can find it on ftp-archive.freebsd.org. Trying to pump 6.x or 7.x on that hardware is equal to masohism. -- Best regards, Bogdan Culibrk bc@default.co.yu http://default.co.yu/~bc
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