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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.interport.net!news.interport.net!not-for-mail From: davidtay@interport.net (David Tay) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: will hardware that won't do NT do BSD? Date: 20 Dec 1995 14:47:28 -0500 Organization: Interport Communications Corp. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4b9p8g$9dr@interport.net> References: <4ariie$has@kdcol.kdcol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: interport.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dave E Martin (dave@mail.kdcol.com) wrote: : If a PC won't run NT (it mysteriously locks up at random places and the : manufacturer specifically says NT is not supported) will BSD run on it? : I would like to know why it won't run NT and if it will cause a problem : for freebsd. It is a 133 pentium system with phoenix bios 4.04. My experience with hardware that doesn't work with NT is that it definitely will not work with Linux. FreeBSD does work though it makes me nervous that it does.