Hi, I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html says: 1.2 Hardware Requirements FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom kernel).... What does this mean? Should I install on 486 or higher, build a custom kernel and then physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC? Rob.
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:02:28PM +0900, Rob wrote..> > Hi, > > I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html > says: > > 1.2 Hardware Requirements > FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install > and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom > kernel).... > > What does this mean?One thing you need on the target system (IIRC..) is a FPU. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3715 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20041125/0996c55b/smime.bin
Wilko Bulte wrote:> On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:02:28PM +0900, Rob wrote.. > >>Hi, >> >>I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html >>says: >> >> 1.2 Hardware Requirements >> FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install >> and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom >> kernel).... >> >>What does this mean? > > One thing you need on the target system (IIRC..) is a FPU.So? The hardware requirements state "FreeBSD can run on 386 processors...". Can I induce an FPU into my system by customizing my kernel? Rob.
Rob wrote:> > Hi, > > I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html > says: > > 1.2 Hardware Requirements > FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install > and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom > kernel).... > > What does this mean? > Should I install on 486 or higher,Highly recommended> build a custom kernel and then > physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC?You could try this if you really wanted, yes. Scott
Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html
> says:
>
> 1.2 Hardware Requirements
> FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install
> and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom
> kernel)....
>
> What does this mean?
> Should I install on 486 or higher, build a custom kernel and then
> physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC?
I haven't tried this myself, but you should be able to re-
place the GENERIC kernel on the install CD with a custom
kernel that contains i386 CPU support. That way you don't
have to physically move disk drives.
Alternatively, install FreeBSD 4.10 (or -stable) which
still supports i386 in GENERIC, then update from there,
keeping the i386 option in your kernel.
Note that you will need a hardware FPU (i387 math co-pro).
FreeBSD 4.x supports math emulation, so you don't need a
hardware FPU there, but apparently that support has been
removed in FreeBSD 5.x.
Best regards
Oliver
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Hej there, Rob wrote:> > Hi, > > I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html > says: > > 1.2 Hardware Requirements > FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install > and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom > kernel).... > > What does this mean?the very same what is written down. i386 class architecture requieres to have at least a (80)486 CPU.> Should I install on 486 or higher, build a custom kernel and then > physically put the very same disk in a 386 PC? >I believe you are confused by i386 and 486 ... i386 is just the architecture, often called x86 too. 486 is the processor class itself. So: i386 != 386 hth, Marian