Scott Long wrote:
Rob wrote:
Wilko Bulte wrote:
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:02:28PM +0900, 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?
One thing you need on the target system (IIRC..) is a FPU.
So?
The hardware requirements state "FreeBSD can run on 386 processors...".
The GENERIC kernel that is shipped with FreeBSD will not boot on an
80386 processor, period.
Can I induce an FPU into my system by customizing my kernel?
You'll need an FPU and a custom kernel that is compiled with the
CPU_I386 option.
I'm not an expert here, but I found this:
80386SX = 386 w/o FPU
80386DX = 386 w/ FPU
Should instead, the "Hardware Requirements" for 5.3 then mention
this:
...(although FreeBSD can run on 80386DX processors...
to be more precise, to avoid confusion/frustration for 80386SX
owners?
Rob.
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