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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:21:29 -0800
From:      Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
To:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Hardware question
Message-ID:  <200303171021.29471.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
In-Reply-To: <0FEDFD1F-587E-11D7-B9DF-000393CDCA6A@rightcode.net>
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On Monday 17 March 2003 05:40 am, Charles Kline wrote:

> For example. I have a Gateway PC that I have been running Win2k on. I
> hate it. I want it to be a linux server. Can I use this hardware to
> run FreeBSD or do I need to find an old Sparc?

FreeBSD will run fine on old pc hardware. It even works great on new PC 
hardware. Running a Linux server off of FreeBSD will be more difficult, 
but it can be done. See 
<http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/01/infrrevu/>; to find out 
how.

David

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