5.3 on Intel 386 ?

[Scott Long]

Rob wrote:
> 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...".

The GENERIC kernel that is shipped with FreeBSD will not boot on an 
80386 processor, period.

> Can I induce an FPU into my system by customizing my kernel?

You'll need an FPU and a custom kernel that is compiled with the
CPU_I386 option.

Scott