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authorobrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>1997-01-12 10:07:52 +0000
committerobrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>1997-01-12 10:07:52 +0000
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-<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.58 1996/12/31 21:54:13 mpp Exp $ -->
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@@ -370,12 +370,21 @@ Slippery when wet. Beware of dog.
<p>As can be seen the best parts to be using are the 100, 133, 166
and 200, with the exception that at a mulitplier of 3 the CPU
starves for memory.
+ <p>AMD K5 CPU chips are rated based on something AMD calls "PR" --
+ Pentium Rating, rather than internal CPU clock speed. So an AMD
+ PR133 rated chip, is compairable to an Intel Pentium 133. In
+ actuality, this CPU runs internally at 100 MHz, 66 MHz bus speed,
+ and a 1.5 multiplier.
<sect2><heading>* 486 class</heading>
<sect2><heading>* 386 class</heading>
<sect2><heading>286 class</heading>
<p>Sorry, but FreeBSD does not run on 80286 machines. It is nearly
impossible to run today's large full-featured UNIXes on such
hardware.
+ <p>
+ In addition to the above, <htmlurl url="http://sysdoc.pair.com/cpu.html"
+ name="Tom's hardware guide"> contains other details on the various CPUs
+ used to run FreeBSD.
<sect1><heading>* Memory</heading>
<p>The mininum amount of memory you must have to install FreeBSD is 8 MB.
@@ -383,6 +392,9 @@ Slippery when wet. Beware of dog.
name="build a custom kernel"> that will use less memory. For FreeBSD
2.1, 2.1.5, and 2.1.6 the required mininum amount of memory is 5 MB.
If you use the boot4.flp you can install with only 4 MB.
+ <p>Details on the various type of memory can be found in
+ <htmlurl url="http://sysdoc.pair.com/ram.html"
+ name="Tom's hardware guide">.
<sect1><heading>* BIOS</heading>
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