Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:01:27 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: John <grief@newave.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Minimum Req Disk Space (Was: Brilliant question about FreeBSD) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980624145357.2252H-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <000701bd9f86$d0396ba0$a05539cb@default>
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One might think that this question should be answered in the FAQ. Well guess what? It is! In section 2.3, "What do I need in order to run FreeBSD?" "You'll need a 386 or better PC, with 5 MB or more of RAM and at least 60 MB of hard disk space. It can run with a low end MDA graphics card but to run X11R6, a VGA or better video card is needed." And it is also in: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.6-RELEASE/INSTALL.TXT FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no support for '286 processors), 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of hard drive space free on either a dedicated disk or a "primary," (not extended partition, to use the DOS terminology). See below for ways to shrink existing DOS partitions to install FreeBSD. Keep in mind these are minimum requirements for a base system. Now..my question is: Why does one say 60 and one say 80? On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, John wrote: > I looked everywhere on your site and could not find, HOW MANY MEGS IS FREEBSD!!! > > > How many megs IS FreeBSD??? > > For a minimum installation (if their is one)? > -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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