Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 18:15:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: SebastianR@gmx.de Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation Horror Message-ID: <20050505011554.26512.qmail@web54003.mail.yahoo.com>
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Sebastian Reichelt wrote: > > As a programmer and computer science student, I > wanted to try out FreeBSD on my old computer > (Pentium 166). Mainly I just want to get to know > the differences between FreeBSD and Linux, and see > whether it really has a better design (which many > people I know claim). Sebastian, About 5 years ago, I made the transition form Linux to FreeBSD. That also gave me some headaches, and the first few times nothing seemed to work. Slowly I learnt that FreeBSD (Installation & OS) does things quite different. Ever since I got the hang of how these things worked, I never used anything else than FreeBSD. Anyway, I hope this helps you a bit deal with your current frustration. I also run FreeBSD 5.3 on an old Pentium-1: Pentium/P54C (149.69-MHz 586-class CPU) real memory = 33554432 (32 MB) Note: you need at least 24 MB during installation. On a running system, you can do with less. Boot from the floppies. Then: 1) FDISK Partition editor I recommend to ignore any geometry issues here. Delete all existing slices, and say 'A', to use the entire disk. If I remember well, the geometry issues are irrelevant when you dedicate the entire disk to FreeBSD. 2) Install Boot Manager I always choose "BootMgr" here. 3) FreeBSD Disklabel Editor Initially you should have no entries here (if you have, remove them); then choose 'A' autodefaults. These autodefaults will be fine for a first time installation rehearsal :). Leave the finetuning for subsequent installations, when you are more familiar with it. 4) Choose Distributions Choose here "The smallest configuration possible". This will give you a running FreeBSD system in a minimal amount of installation time. 5) Media Since you have CDs, choose here "Install from a FreeBSD CD/DVD". --------- Does this help you overcome the issues you encountered earlier? Rob. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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