Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 18:01:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: freyes@inch.com Cc: dscheidt@enteract.com, tlambert@primenet.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD lightness: Free/Net/Open Message-ID: <199908041801.LAA19006@usr07.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199908030100.VAA29833@arutam.inch.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at Aug 2, 99 09:01:19 pm
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> >They were 386-SX/16's with only 4M of memory each, and 512k of > >video RAM. > > Given that then I am beggining to feel more hopefull those 486s will do > the job. :-) Be sure you use a different machine as the font server and/or put the fonts on local disk. > >This was back in the 1.1.5.1 days, using a stripped kernel and > >netboot.exe > > What is netboot.exe? A program to boot FreeBSD from a running Windows 3.x or DOS machine. > What part of the kernel did you "strip out"? All unused drivers, filesystems, etc.. > Wouldn't a custom kernel do the job or are there savings to be made > from taking certain things out? Custom := stripped. > I would be hesitant to even try taking things out of the kernel.. Don't worry about removing NFS or the other hardware that isn't detected. There wasn't sound support at the time, so ripping out sound support, if you aren't going to be running a sound server, might be a good idea, too. I was actually able to get a really stripped 1.1.5.1 kernel to boot on a 1M ACER 386 box (yes, that's right: 1M). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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