Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:21:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: "Matt O'Brien" <m___o___b@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptop Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10206081518400.6982-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D023EEC.2090809@potentialtech.com>
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On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Bill Moran wrote: > Matt O'Brien wrote: > > I have a question. I am not 100% certain but > > have a good enough idea. I just want to know which > > version of FreeBSD I need to install on my P100, 16MB > > RAM Acer Laptop. I do NOT have a CD ROM drive -- only > > a standard 1.44" floppy drive and also don't have a > > NIC :( > > I don't see why you couldn't run the most recent, 4.5. > How much RAM does it have? 8meg is required. I thought 12MB were now required for installation? But I think he says he has 16. > > > Also, what kind of installation will I need to > > perform? A 1.44" floppy disk installation?? Do I > > just need the mfsroot.flp and kern.flp ? Are there > > any others I need? > > Oh sheese ... you'll need to do a floppy install. There's always an install from DOS, if it's running Windows with a fat partition of some kind. > Read the installation instructions in the handbook. > Floppy installs are slow, tedious, and frustrating. I > did it with 3.x a few years ago because I had a lappy > without CD ROM as well. > Take my advice, if your time is worth anything, purchase > a NIC for the lappy and save your time and sanity. > Otherwise, you're looking at using 30+ floppies to do > the install. My experience showed that about 10% of the > floppies didn't work right and had to be recreated. Like > I said, slow, tedious, and frustrating. You can install over a modem (although not a WinModem)-- Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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