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<!-- $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 -->
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<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.
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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>