From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 22:16:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B7E037B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 22:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx2.magma.ca (mx2.magma.ca [206.191.0.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D58E743E3B for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 22:16:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from liquid@liquidonline.ca) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.magma.ca [206.191.0.221]) by mx2.magma.ca (Magma Relay Server) with ESMTP id g925GolJ008553; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:16:50 -0400 Received: from windows (ottawa-hs-64-26-167-192.d-ip.magma.ca [64.26.167.192]) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id g925GmcG024366; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:16:49 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: From: "Liquid" To: "'Gary W. Swearingen'" , "'Doug Poland'" Cc: Subject: RE: Bare minimum requirements for FreeBSD installation Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 01:16:52 -0400 Organization: Liquidonline.ca Message-ID: <000001c269d2$eba87690$6400a8c0@windows> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Actually I am waiting on an auction to end. For some reason I never thought of looking on ebay, and I hit the jackpot there... 64mb of 30pin simms! Where can I get more info on this picobsd though? >-----Original Message----- >From: Gary W. Swearingen [mailto:swear@attbi.com] >Sent: October 1, 2002 10:31 PM >To: Doug Poland >Cc: liquid@liquidonline.ca; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Bare minimum requirements for FreeBSD installation > >"Doug Poland" writes: > >> sshd, ipfw, and natd on a RoadRunner cable modem. My only problem >> is the disk is so small I can't do an installworld to keep up with >> -STABLE. > >Consider running picoBSD off a floppy with or without a hard disk >(eg, for log files). It was quite easy/fast to get going and you can >easily keep it as current as the system you build it on (which is >not the systemn you would run it on). > > >I suspect that picoBSD would run on an 8 MB computer, but I don't know. > >I hope the original poster has considered just finding an old computer >with 16 MB; I've bought them for 5 $US from local government surplus. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message