From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 08:59:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 119C5106564A for ; Sat, 17 May 2008 08:59:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc@default.co.yu) Received: from smtp1.default.co.yu (anarki.default.co.yu [87.237.201.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4306F8FC0C for ; Sat, 17 May 2008 08:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc@default.co.yu) Received: (qmail 22570 invoked by uid 89); 17 May 2008 08:59:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.5.7.109?) (bc@default.co.yu@213.198.198.156) by smtp1.default.co.yu with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 17 May 2008 08:59:09 -0000 Message-ID: <482E9E58.701@default.co.yu> Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 10:59:04 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?Qm9nZGFuIMSGdWxpYnJr?= Organization: Default Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 486 Install?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 08:59:13 -0000 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