Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:53:36 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> Cc: RW via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 32bit FreeBSD for non PAE Celeron - which release ? Message-ID: <20200922165336.05f5a8bd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <F683F1E7-224E-4A52-BD9E-3F247355468F@kukulies.org> References: <F683F1E7-224E-4A52-BD9E-3F247355468F@kukulies.org>
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On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 06:57:07 +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > I’m in the situation of preserving/backupping an somewhat older > Acer Travelmate Notebook with Intel Celeron (32bit, no PAE) > processor. I suffered already a pitfal from using an Ubuntu 12.04 > which was uncapable. As far as I know, isn't Ubuntu 64-bit only anyway? > I would like to boot a FreeBSD CDROM fitting the picture. You will probably have to use a DVD in case the ISO image does not fit a standard 650 (or 700) MB CD blank medium, or boot using USB, if that's possible on the particular hardware. > Which release should I choose? Use the latest version of the i386 (32 bit) family. I've done the same with lower-end (actually higher-end, but older) Dell and Lenovo laptop with 2 GB RAM and no specific need for running 64 bit software - works! -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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