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author | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-12 10:07:52 +0000 |
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committer | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-12 10:07:52 +0000 |
commit | 25e0b77a17964346d2195f7fa258923832ce54b5 (patch) | |
tree | ceeeadec546bbda2943f7d9a550ef0dae38a995e | |
parent | bc44e91bc1f558be1571064ab387a55cf1797fa0 (diff) | |
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Added two useful URL's.
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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml index 83c6d07..239dbf6 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.58 1996/12/31 21:54:13 mpp Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.59 1997/01/12 09:36:52 obrien Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -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> |