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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Pentium machines? Date: 20 Jun 1994 15:48:59 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 29 Distribution: na Message-ID: <2u4dpb$q2b@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2tthp5$7q2@cobber.cord.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <2tthp5$7q2@cobber.cord.edu>, <doroin@cobber.cord.edu> wrote: >Does anyone have FreeBSD running on a Pentium similar in configuration as >my DECpc XL Server: > >Pentium 66Mhz >PCI/EISA >64MB ram >1GB SCSI2 HD We have something similar to this running FreeBSD at the University. (Actually, we is probably not a good word since I did nothing but provide the machine and answer a couple questions) > >I have two IDE drives that have FreeBSD 1.1R on them. They used to be in >my 386 machine. I tried to boot my Pentium with the HDs but FreeBSD didn't >like the processor. The kernel was compiled for the 386. Will recompiling >for the 486 do the trick? Yep. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.