From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 16:12:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2A9F7C for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:12:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22f.google.com (mail-wi0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E104645 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:12:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id l15so7466872wiw.2 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:12:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sergeylukin.com; s=sergeylukin; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XAjjaFxL0snjzSK1RytqgL30szlZGR5qxu2eBnlFwqU=; b=gG/YPhMqu+g6qwY0ThbkNfRzBq2iXcKVaSbb13bFY0PQL9VA51Lm3IzZF7NZSF3IcP Piga7YAo26WxhLFegbea9F9bZnVyoR2kkkPXjVnful8bUtgJYCrZy/0xuNiuLus+FJDe yVo5CxCWkTo6zM6IirfCH4W8Q8ENhEcxUNnJ4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=XAjjaFxL0snjzSK1RytqgL30szlZGR5qxu2eBnlFwqU=; b=mlFJENIkq9p6eikZMZFObieHyONaArdqCD1umj2tes1ht5Q8OBF+MHEpGlHmDSdA4l c9eucMq9V91689e7CP/ck+aP9mip96keQmzZwzGKHC9peYVt7F5It+x4tt5Oy988Wkq7 ZLXm1w0SGFj9tKRW7h+BMG4V2pXvBcILKZME6V2OonL4Vj2d6aXC/EBuWMmCjc0aDBJw w6iUERM4Gte6hwcbX0lJK68LeG0taf67m7VAKYk/aQ+K84h+K1V6LWwf+UY+1Rp+YdyY C3J9WjmNjlCBKghs12oXuZ4bp+mSbKzynVXX5v2Nmt56+YGjIZm3v8hN/21NXRjQRKpm Hmhg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkaFM4lNBoAbTWtT+45aMxet1MKCmAb0EZ0rLLUnFZkg2pNkRgme5gW97GxFEJtnDzkAf2f MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.95.10 with SMTP id dg10mr42867235wjb.82.1420906346797; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:12:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.27.5.200 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:12:26 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [81.218.168.157] Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:12:26 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Installation without sysinstall From: Sergey Lukin To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 16:12:28 -0000 Hi, I want to install FreeBSD on my old ThinkPad with 12Mb of RAM. I only have Floppy drive, Compaq WL100 PCMCIA Wifi and 3COM LAN (3CRPAG175) card. I tried installing 4.3 as it meets my hardware requirements but unfortunately the sysinstall is freezing right when it starts. As far as I understand it requires more RAM to operate so my questions is how can I install FreeBSD 4.*/5.* without sysinstall? Note that I'm not Unix guru but am very comfortable with Unix command line and in somewhat comfortable with FreeBSD in general so will have no problem making my way though CLI only if I had helpful directions. I'd highly appreciate any help. Thank you Sergey