In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex writes:
>>>I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a >>>small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that >>>any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. > >> No it doesn't mean that. > >> FreeBSD still runs on all 386 family CPUs, the only difference is that >> if you want to run it on a 80386 you need to enable an option in >> your kernel config file. > >> It will out of the box run on 486 and anything later. > >It means that you can not install FreeBSD on a 386 unless you have a >486+ machine that can compile a new FreeBSD system and have a way to >get that version to the 386. "Too bad". -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message