Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 10:57:42 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Yevhen Miroshnychenko" <miroshny@cip.physik.uni-bonn.de>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: X-Window on computer with 170MB HDD Message-ID: <015c01b42826$431d2da0$1df3fea9@josh> References: <00ad01bfe7e2$39fd7400$2b98a8c0@room.stw-bonn.de>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0159_01B427F3.F7549DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Yevhen Miroshnychenko=20 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:08 AM Subject: X-Window on computer with 170MB HDD=20 Hello! =20 I have a computer with i486SX ,18MB RAM and 170MB HDD. Is it possible = to install FreeBSD with=20 X-Window on such a system and ecpect a "normal" work at lest with = Netscape?=20 I have tried to install via FTP the latest version with default = settings for harddrive,but it appears that there is not enough space for = X-Window with this configuration. May be I have to use much earlier = versions of FreeBSD ? I looked through the FAQ but there are no direct = recommendations about which version to choose in case you have an old = system. =20 Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yevhen Miroshnychenko I think you are in one of those areas where doing what you want to do = might be theoretically possible, but probably would require a lot of = tweaking to get it to work. The avalilability of cheap hardware makes = it unlikely that too many people have tried to do what you want to do. = (For example, I bought a 15gig drive the other day for $99.99) = Considering that it might take 6 or 7 (or more) tries to get your system = installed in that 170 meg drive (if it is possible at all) you might be = able to find a larger drive (another 300-400megs would be just fine.) =20 Josh ------=_NextPart_000_0159_01B427F3.F7549DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-2" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#d8d0c8> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:miroshny@cip.physik.uni-bonn.de"=20 title=3Dmiroshny@cip.physik.uni-bonn.de>Yevhen Miroshnychenko</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:questions@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 title=3Dquestions@FreeBSD.ORG>questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 07, 2000 = 1:08 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> X-Window on computer = with 170MB=20 HDD </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" = size=3D2>Hello!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" size=3D2>I have a = computer with i486SX=20 ,18MB RAM and 170MB HDD. Is it possible to install FreeBSD with = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" size=3D2>X-Window on = such a system and=20 ecpect a "normal" work at lest with Netscape? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" size=3D2>I have tried to = install via=20 FTP the latest version with default settings for harddrive,but it = appears that=20 there is not enough space for X-Window with this configuration. May be = I have=20 to use much earlier versions of FreeBSD ? I looked through the FAQ but = there=20 are no direct recommendations about which version to choose in case = you have=20 an old system.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" size=3D2>Looking forward = to hearing=20 from you soon.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr" size=3D2>Yevhen=20 Miroshnychenko</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think you are in one of those areas = where doing=20 what you want to do might be theoretically possible, but probably = would=20 require a lot of tweaking to get it to work. The avalilability = of cheap=20 hardware makes it unlikely that too many people have tried to do what = you want=20 to do. (For example, I bought a 15gig drive the other day for=20 $99.99) Considering that it might take 6 or 7 (or more) tries to = get=20 your system installed in that 170 meg drive (if it is possible at = all) =20 you might be able to find a larger drive (another 300-400megs would be = just=20 fine.) </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Josh</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0159_01B427F3.F7549DE0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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