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From: gerg@netcom.com (Greg Andrews)
Subject: Re: Can't install on 386 SX 16mhz
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 05:53:12 GMT
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Stephane Lajeunesse <slajeunesse@sympatico.ca> writes:
>Hi folks.
>
>Yeah I know, not the best system but... Anyways, I'm trying to install
>version 2.1 of FreeBSD. I only have four megs of ram (I read somewhere
>that I can install FreeBSD with four megs!!).
>
>Anyways, when FreeBSD boots up, it DOESN'T detect my hard drive.
>
>I have an old Packard Bell Legend 386 SX 16-mhz with an equally old WD
>40 meg HD.
>
>When it gets to WDC0 and WDC1 (controller one and two), it says NOT
>FOUND.
>
I was able to install and run v2.1.0 on my 386sx-16 with an 80 meg
MFM drive. I boosted the memory to 8 megs and it's been running
quite well as the dial-up router between my home network and
the net. I installed from CDROM.
-Greg
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Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently
there must be a beverage.
-- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers"
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