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Date:      Sun, 04 May 2003 09:29:36 +1000
From:      Duraid Madina <duraid@octopus.com.au>
To:        bsdterm@HotPOP.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Floppy Support
Message-ID:  <3EB450E0.9060702@octopus.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200305031817.16068.bsdterm@HotPOP.com>
References:  <3EB3C118.6020203@octopus.com.au> <200305031817.16068.bsdterm@HotPOP.com>

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Are you saying that you would be honestly upset or at a serious 
disadvantage if 4.8/5.0-rel were the latest releases you could install 
from floppies and that if you wanted a more recent FreeBSD on your 1996 
hardware, you'd have to install 4.8 or 5 first and upgrade your way up?

	Curious,

	Duraid

bsdterm@HotPOP.com wrote:
> The P200MMX I'm trying to install on was originally a P133, built in 1996.  It 
> does not boot from CD.
> 
> That particular system uses an Intel 430HX mobo; this chipset accepts up to a 
> P200MMX and 128MB RAM -- perfectly adequate hardware for a server at home, 
> albeit, it doesn't boot from CD...




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