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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2001 09:59:47 +0000
From:      simond@irrelevant.org
To:        david fletcher <davidfletcher@metconnect.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: running bsd on an amd computer
Message-ID:  <20010319095947.A97988@irrelevant.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010319065007.26305.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net>; from davidfletcher@metconnect.com on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:50:07PM -0800
References:  <20010319065007.26305.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net>

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On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:50:07PM -0800, david fletcher wrote:
> dear sirs,
> 
> i just started training to be an oracle dba and am studying sun solaris unix.
> 
> my computer has an amd new atholon thunderbird 850 MHz processor with 128 MEGS of RAM, a 40 gig high speed hard drive and floppy and cd rom drives.
> 
> will free bsd run on my system?

Yes, FreeBSD runs fine on Athlons.

> sun solaris unix requires intel so i'm not sure.

Actually solaris x86 works on AMD chips too, either that or I was imagining
having it installed a while back on a K6-2/300 :)

-- 
Simon Dick					simond@irrelevant.org
"Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?"

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