Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:23:42 -0800 From: "Josh Richesin" <jrichesin@peoplepc.com> To: "Edward Guldemond" <ed_master_of_magic@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing on an old 486... Message-ID: <003701c17842$31364760$84ade4d8@bendcable.com> References: <20011128170422.99719.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com>
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yeah...you will have to reconfigure everything to the new system and will most likley get a huge amount of errors! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Guldemond" <ed_master_of_magic@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Installing on an old 486... > I don't know if anyone has raised this issue, but in > the Handbook, it says minimum of 5 megs RAM to install > and 4 megs to run. Just my 2 cents. Actually, I plan > on ripping out the hard drive, moving it to my > development machine, installing FreeBSD on it there, > and moving it back to the old 486. Any specific > issues I should be aware of? > > Thanks a bunch, > > Ed > --- Simon Morton <simon.morton@verizon.net> wrote: > > Edward Guldemond wrote: > > > > > All, > > > I was wondering if it was possible to install > > > FreeBSD on an old 486 that I have laying around my > > > house. The intent is to have it running as an NAT > > box > > > and as a firewall. The specs are: > > > > > > - Cyrex 486 DX2/66MhZ > > > - 8 Megs RAM > > > - RealTec clone network card > > > - 8 Gigs hard drive space (upgraded from 400 Meg) > > > - 4x CDROM drive > > > - Cirrus Logic VGA card > > > - External 56K modem > > > > > > I was wondering if there was anything special I > > had to > > > do to get the install running. It hangs after > > > selecting the packages to install. Upgrading the > > RAM > > > isn't an option right now, unfortunatly. > > > > > > Recent versions of FreeBSD require 12MB of RAM to > > install, although, > > once installed, it is supposed to run with 8MB. > > > > I recently installed FreeBSD 4.2 on a 486DX/33 which > > originally had > > only 8MB of RAM. I found memory online at a > > computer surplus outlet > > and was able to upgrade to 16MB for a grand total of > > $4.00 (+ $8.00 > > for shipping) so if cost is your issue maybe you > > could go that route. > > > > HTH > > Simon > > -- > > http://www.SimonMorton.com > > smorton at acm dot org > > \rm -rf /bin/laden > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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