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Date:      Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:59:17 +0100
From:      Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To:        "Rev. Jonathan T Sage" <wisesage98@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-small@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 486 / 8MB and a MFS/MD Mount Problem
Message-ID:  <20020902135917.GD2409@spc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020901152119.52697.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020901152119.52697.qmail@web12504.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 08:21:19AM -0700, Rev. Jonathan T Sage wrote:
>   I recently got interested in PicoBSD due to my aquiring a 486/33 laptop with
> a dead harddisk.  After little consideration, I cam to the conclusion that it
> wasn't worth me sinking any money into fixing it's problems, but I am hoping I
> can get it running pico off the disk drive (functional) and it will allow me to
> ssh into my other machine.

1) Check the memory using the sysutils/memtest port.
2) Consider using CompactFlash with a CF-ATA adapter to give yourself more
   room for the OS if Pico doesn't do / can't be tweaked to do what you need.

BMS

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