From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 2 09:12:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA02697 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:12:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA02636 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:11:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id PAA03529; Fri, 2 Feb 1996 15:01:57 +0100 Message-Id: <199602021401.PAA03529@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Re: new freebsder -> tiny disk, etc etc... To: spfarrel@midway.uchicago.edu (steve farrell) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 15:01:57 +0100 (MET) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199602020057.SAA15508@quads.uchicago.edu> from "steve farrell" at Feb 1, 96 06:57:44 pm From: Christoph Kukulies Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > i'm a new freebsder but not a new unixer. i have an old sparc i'm > using now, but don't want to pay for a fast sbus serial card, so i'm > tyring to run freebsd on an old 386 w/high speed serial port. i've > got 4mb ram, amd 386-40, and a 40mb st-251 in the would-be freebsd ^^^ Add one 1MB more and you will be able to install. You may run under 4MB but installation only works from 5MB on. > box. > > my plan is put the root filesystem on the 40 (20mb parition, 20 mb swap), > and get the rest through nfs. i have the sparc botting some sun3's > via nfs so i'm fairly confident about getting that end working. > > first problem is - how do i tell the install program i only want to > install the root stuff on the disk, and get /usr via nfs? I suggest (after you solved the above installation hurd) you install a minimum system (though 20 MB is really tough) with /usr on / FS. Afterwards once you are up you may delete /usr. You may also run with less swap and add (via swapon) swap later to a file on a nfs FS. > > second problem is - i don't know if my ehternet card is working? > should it respond to a ping when the kernel is loaded (boot.flp)? > anyway, i'm still trying to track this one down in dos... > > another thought i had was to use netboot.com, and do eveyrthing via > nfs. i actually am prety fond of this idea, since i wouldn't have to > listen to that old noisy disk -- but i have no idea where to get > netboot.com, which i assume to be a dos program.... netboot.com is in the /sys/src/i386/boot/netboot/netboot.com It is built with the FreeBSD compiler. > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de