> I have 20 MB RAM in that Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz computer, so
> (Free, Net or Open)BSD should not be pinched for booting and installation.  But
> I imagine Netscape or Mozilla would crawl if it would run at all.
use netscape 3
works good on 16MB, usable on 8

> >You could try disabling wdc1 in the CMOS settings. I have one
> >computer, a 486 VLB, for which I have to do that.
>
> >Frederick
>
> I was going to ask what was wdc1, but browsed the NetBSD-INSTALL.html which I
> saved as a DOS-compatible INSTALLN.HTM, and it appeared to be a secondary hard
> disk controller.  But I have no such thing installed in the computer, and no
> such thing shows in CMOS, so I guess I can't disable it.  Apparently Linux and
> OpenBSD don't see this phantom secondary hard disk controller, maybe I could go
> through the dmesg again just to be sure?
>
> I downloaded NetBSD_GENERIC_DIAGNOSTIC.gz, if I remember the spelling and
> punctuation correctly, to NETBSDGD.GZ, decompressed under DOS to NETBSDGD, and
> might try DOSBOOTing that, to see if it lives up to the "diagnostic" in its
> name.
>