On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:35:37PM -0700, M. Cummins wrote: > Hi. Sorry about the HTML formatted email. > > I'm extremely interested in installation of a FreeBSD build on a Dell > Dimension XPS P133s 133 MHz / 16 MB RAM, with a S3 Trio 64+ PCI (765) > and D-Link DFE 530-TX PCI adapter. I've noted the HCL for version 5 > (or maybe it was 6?) but I figure I would do better to simply ask - > what version do I need to run with my current hardware, and what is > the highest version I can run on the machine that I plan to install > on? Before you get too far on the reply, please also consider that I > primarily want to use the computer for a webserver (for my LAN) in > console mode (I doubt a GUI is a good idea considering the hardware > I'm using.
I don't believe there is anything which has been done to the latest versions to *prevent* it from running on your machine. Since you mentioned FreeBSD 2.2.8, I have fond memories of abusing almost exactly the same machine you describe but with a whopping 24 MB of RAM. Ran Apache, NetAtalk, Samba, the basic X11 system with practically no window manager. Netscape Navigator for http client and exmh2 for email. Also burned a lot of CD's on that machine, and wrote a lot of DAT tapes. Built another machine around a PII-233 with (4) DAT3 drives. Would run all 4 DAT drives at once. No problems. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
