Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:58:10 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: Dennis Mathiasen <dennisma@adelphia.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4-STABLE on 386? Message-ID: <20011128195810.GC836@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20011128142901.A90607@numachi.com> References: <NFBBLPGAMKGJPAINGIJKAENMCIAA.dennisma@adelphia.net> <20011128142901.A90607@numachi.com>
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--lCAWRPmW1mITcIfM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed Nov 28, 2001 at 02:29:01PM -0500, Brian Reichert wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:24:14AM -0500, Dennis Mathiasen wrote: > > Is it possible to install 4-STABLE on a 386DX with 8 Meg of memory? > > The machine has no cd-rom. =20 >=20 > Possibly not. I recall (anecdotally) that recent versions of > FreeBSD dropped support for the native hard drive controllers on > [34]86-based motherboards. I think that *in -current*, support for the 386/486 has been dropped from the GENERIC kernel.=20 Not sure about the IDE support thought. The switch from the WC to the ATA driver took out some compatibility, IIRC. A. --lCAWRPmW1mITcIfM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwFQdEACgkQttcWHAnWiGdijACcC9VMbodbIqBr8tVsRVFc0334 h7MAnicNbnFnK76jg1z6h9RgzUZbT+QC =3fKe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lCAWRPmW1mITcIfM-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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