From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 10:16:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56A8916A4BF for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:16:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A578643FA3 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 10:16:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 3F9303B06; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:16:19 -0400 (EDT) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Frederick Bowes" References: <.128.250.18.41.1066262739.squirrel@www.k1x.org> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 18 Oct 2003 13:16:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <.128.250.18.41.1066262739.squirrel@www.k1x.org> Message-ID: <4465imsbz0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Pentium 120 reboots after loading mfsroot floppy. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:16:20 -0000 "Frederick Bowes" writes: > I was hoping to try out FreeBSD on an old machine I have been given > (Pentium 120, 514MB HD, 8mb ram) and it reboots after loading the mfsroot > floppy disk. You insert the disk, it goes /|\|/ for a while then reboots. > > What might cause this problem? Depends on the FreeBSD version you're trying. You might just be short on memory, though; a system should still be able to run in less memory that, but it may need more to install. I'd expect it to get further than that point, though.