Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 15:34:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Rob S <unixhelp@home.com> To: John Trivedi <indianbapu@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Will it work on my PC? Message-ID: <XFMail.990711153418.unixhelp@home.com> In-Reply-To: <19990710202540.8781.rocketmail@web804.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 10-Jul-99 John Trivedi wrote: > > FreeBSD, > I have been trying for months to find a new OS for my old PC. I > came across your web-site and saw the configurations needed to run > FreeBSD. I have an old 486SX, 25MHz, 4Mb of RAM which I plan to > upgrade, and a 170Mb hard disk. Do you think that any version of UNIX > will work on my computer? Any response will be greatly appreciated. > Thank you. > > Johnny. Older versions of FreeBSD and Linux will run nicely on your hardware, bump the ram to 8 meg (16 or more would be better) and a 500 mb disk would be just nifty. minix will run on the hardware now if you just want a unix to play with...but minix really sucks. Regards Rob S. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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