> Does anyone know why FreeBSD 5.x would not run on a 386SX/387SX > combination? I realise the performance would be very poor but I > don't see any reason why it wouldn't work at all. > > Peter If you're trying to use a 80386 you need to add: cpu I386_CPU to your kernel config and remove any other IX86_cpu options. This is in UPDATING dated 20010116.