From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 16 16:56:51 2003 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 5698D37B405 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:56:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03.attbi.com [204.127.202.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 878A243ED8 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:56:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mav@wastegate.net) Received: from wastegate.net (12-226-185-104.client.attbi.com[12.226.185.104]) by sccrmhc03.attbi.com (sccrmhc03) with ESMTP id <20030117005649003005vtdqe>; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:56:49 +0000 Received: from MOTHER (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.5]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B2948463; Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:58:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Petr Slansky" , "questions@FreeBSD.org" Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:58:09 -0500 X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2657) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: <023HamqCC9392S16.1042475308@uwdvg016.cms.usa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7 cannot fit to 200MB disk!! Message-Id: <20030117005807.B6B2948463@wastegate.net> 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 On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:28:28 -0000, Petr Slansky wrote: >Hello! > >I tried to install FreBSD 4.7 on i486@133 with 16MB of Ram and 200MB disk. W95 >worked nice on that machine. I failed to install a minimal configuration of >FreeBSD on such hardware!! Is it ok? I wanted only basic console... > >I noticed that many source files (*.h) were instaled to my disk. Is it ok?? >From my point of view, instalation could be more scalable, minimal could be >more minimal. > >This is not a big problem for me, I will run W95 on my old pc as I did. I was >only suprised how big modern FreeBSD is. Is it necessary? I like new programs, >more options, but I would like to have an option to add them only when I need >them. if you need something that minimal, look for picobsd or minux. the smallest hd i've ever used freebsd 4.x on was an 850meg on a 486/133.. i'd get a p1-100 with a little more ram. people throw them away everyday --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message