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>
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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
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