"Frederick Bowes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I was hoping to try out FreeBSD on an old machine I have been given
> (Pentium 120, 514MB HD, 8mb ram) and it reboots after loading the mfsroot
> floppy disk. You insert the disk, it goes /|\|/ for a while then reboots.
> 
> What might cause this problem?

Depends on the FreeBSD version you're trying.

You might just be short on memory, though; a system should still be
able to run in less memory that, but it may need more to install.  I'd
expect it to get further than that point, though.
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