Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:24:00 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 on Intel 386 ? Message-ID: <41A58890.7000804@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com> References: <41A58384.30603@yahoo.com>
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Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html > says: > > 1.2 Hardware Requirements > FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install > and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom > kernel).... > > What does this mean? > Should I install on 486 or higher, Highly recommended > build a custom kernel and then > physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC? You could try this if you really wanted, yes. Scott
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