Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-17 Thread Bogdan Ćulibrk
Thomas F Simpson Jr wrote: I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these beasts was 48MB,

486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Thomas F Simpson Jr
I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these beasts was 48MB, unless they made some

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Thomas F Simpson Jr wrote: I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these beasts was 48MB,

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Thomas F Simpson Jr wrote: I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these beasts was

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of these beasts was 48MB, unless they made some

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I'll have to admit to being curious. Why? (And I'm sorry, but I can't help you. Hope someone else can.) because it works and is useful, as my 2 486 based routers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Don't know about disk space though. ca 100MB is minimum, but going down to 40MB is absolutely possible with a bit of manual work. probably less. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Derek Ragona
At 01:46 PM 5/16/2008, Thomas F Simpson Jr wrote: I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get on one of

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
402.896.1157 I have one system running 6.3 with 48 MB ram, but it does freeze from time to time. I believe it does need more ram and is a system slated for it doesn't freeze because of that. there are other reason. ___

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Derek Ragona
At 03:23 PM 5/16/2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: 402.896.1157 I have one system running 6.3 with 48 MB ram, but it does freeze from time to time. I believe it does need more ram and is a system slated for it doesn't freeze because of that. there are other reason. It could be for other

Re: 486 Install??

2008-05-16 Thread Thomas Simpson
Thanks to all who sent me messages. I think I see where to go, should I need to turn to a FreeBSD. Tom Simpson Mark Busby wrote: Could you do the job with a stripped down system? Like freenas, monowall, nanobsd or tinybsd. All based on the bsd system, and with a little work you can add all