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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Should I install freebsd?
Date: 2 May 1996 14:34:04 +0100
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eharley (eharley@lightside.com) wrote:
: I am thinking about using my 386 sx25 with 6 megs of ram and a 150 HD to
: run FreeBSD. It has a clone IDE card with an IDE HD and an IDE CDROM. 
: Anybody think that I should attempt it or not?

Yes, even if you can't get it to work, and even if it's impossible, the
experience will be worth it for the knowledge gain.

IMO, you shouldn't really ask this question - you have not yet tried
to figure it out for yourself.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....