Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 15:27:52 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: rotel@indigo.ie Cc: Bruce Lane <blane@comservr.hpcpress.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which release to load? Message-ID: <19980413152752.44507@right.PCS> In-Reply-To: <199804131951.UAA07085@indigo.ie>; from Niall Smart on Apr 04, 1998 at 08:51:19PM %2B0000 References: <blane@comservr.hpcpress.com> <199804131951.UAA07085@indigo.ie>
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On Apr 04, 1998 at 08:51:19PM +0000, Niall Smart wrote: > On Apr 13, 12:38pm, "Bruce Lane" wrote: > } Subject: Which release to load? > > Hello... > > > > I just have a quick question... I would like to load FreeBSD on an old PC I > > have sitting at home, but I'm unsure of which release would be the best for > > my computer. The computer is an IBM PS/ValuePoint, 386/25MHz, 80 MB HD and > > 10 MB of RAM. Any help would be great. > > I'd say go for 2.2.6-RELEASE. Does the machine have an MCA bus? That could > cause difficulties, best to download a boot floppy and try that first. Actually, FreeBSD does not support the MCA bus, so if that is what the machine has, you are out of luck. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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