On 2020-08-31 21:51, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > Given that the hardware notes > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.4R/hardware.html#proc-i386 > explicitely claim 80486 compatibility, I'd guess this was not a > consciuous decision but a blunder which wasn't caught
Hmm.... I'd assumed that each release was at least *booted* on a real 486, but obviously not. > (perhaps as > hardware of that vintage is getting rare these days. That box > must be old enough to buy alcohol by now?). Yes, I first built it in 1998 IIRC; it ran Windows for a few years (desktop, gaming) then FreeBSD from about 2002. It's been in nearly continuous operation since, although I did have to replace the PSU last year ;-) -C _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
