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".

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