Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:45:32 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Do I need a 387 to install FreeBSD ?
Message-ID:  <19991129164531.A39880@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <3842FF47.FCABB55D@cybercable.fr>; from "Thierry Herbelot" on Mon Nov 29 23:33:43 GMT 1999
References:  <3842FF47.FCABB55D@cybercable.fr>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In the last episode (Nov 29), Thierry Herbelot said:
> A friend of mine insists on being a victim of the FreeBSD virus : he
> wants an ancient 386 PC to become his gateway to the Internet (via a
> Cable connection).
> 
> I've just read the handbook section on installing FreeBSD and I don't
> see wether the GENERIC kernel needs a 387 or not. What should I read
> ? (the GENERIC conf file does not seem to help) - and I do not have a
> PC without a numeric co-proceeor (the "lightest" PC I have is a
> 486-DX33)

Check your GENERIC file again.  Mine has the line:

options         MATH_EMULATE            #Support for x87 emulation              

which means that it will work on machines without a (an?) FPU.  Just
make sure he's got enough RAM to boot the install floppy.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19991129164531.A39880>