From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 8 8:57:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FF237B55D for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 08:57:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from josh (hutch-771.hutchtel.net [206.10.71.71]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id KAA29920; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 10:57:18 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <015c01b42826$431d2da0$1df3fea9@josh> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: "Yevhen Miroshnychenko" , References: <00ad01bfe7e2$39fd7400$2b98a8c0@room.stw-bonn.de> Subject: Re: X-Window on computer with 170MB HDD Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1990 10:57:42 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0159_01B427F3.F7549DE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0159_01B427F3.F7549DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Yevhen Miroshnychenko=20 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:08 AM Subject: X-Window on computer with 170MB HDD=20 Hello! =20 I have a computer with i486SX ,18MB RAM and 170MB HDD. Is it possible = to install FreeBSD with=20 X-Window on such a system and ecpect a "normal" work at lest with = Netscape?=20 I have tried to install via FTP the latest version with default = settings for harddrive,but it appears that there is not enough space for = X-Window with this configuration. May be I have to use much earlier = versions of FreeBSD ? I looked through the FAQ but there are no direct = recommendations about which version to choose in case you have an old = system. =20 Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yevhen Miroshnychenko I think you are in one of those areas where doing what you want to do = might be theoretically possible, but probably would require a lot of = tweaking to get it to work. The avalilability of cheap hardware makes = it unlikely that too many people have tried to do what you want to do. = (For example, I bought a 15gig drive the other day for $99.99) = Considering that it might take 6 or 7 (or more) tries to get your system = installed in that 170 meg drive (if it is possible at all) you might be = able to find a larger drive (another 300-400megs would be just fine.) =20 Josh ------=_NextPart_000_0159_01B427F3.F7549DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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Hello!
 
I have a = computer with i486SX=20 ,18MB RAM and 170MB HDD. Is it possible to install FreeBSD with =
X-Window on = such a system and=20 ecpect a "normal" work at lest with Netscape?
I have tried to = install via=20 FTP the latest version with default settings for harddrive,but it = appears that=20 there is not enough space for X-Window with this configuration. May be = I have=20 to use much earlier versions of FreeBSD ? I looked through the FAQ but = there=20 are no direct recommendations about which version to choose in case = you have=20 an old system.
 
Looking forward = to hearing=20 from you soon.
Yevhen=20 Miroshnychenko
 
I think you are in one of those areas = where doing=20 what you want to do might be theoretically possible, but probably = would=20 require a lot of tweaking to get it to work.  The avalilability = of cheap=20 hardware makes it unlikely that too many people have tried to do what = you want=20 to do.  (For example, I bought a 15gig drive the other day for=20 $99.99)  Considering that it might take 6 or 7 (or more) tries to = get=20 your system installed in that 170 meg drive (if it is possible at = all) =20 you might be able to find a larger drive (another 300-400megs would be = just=20 fine.) 
 
Josh
 
 
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