Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:57:02 +0100 From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: freebsd on a small laptop Message-ID: <20010217105702.A2194@ns.sicfa.org>
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Hello, This mail is slightly OT on this list. But I hope your experience in setting FreeBSD in small systems will help me. I have an old laptop, a 486 SX 25 with 80 MB of hard drive and 4 MB RAM. I'd like to install FreeBSD on it, only to be able to take notes using vi :) The lack of RAM seems to be a problem : FreeBSD 4 of course doesn't work, and FreeBSD 3 neither. So I'd like to install FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE on it (I was told it would work). I've download the 2.2-STABLE sources using CVSUP. 1/ What's the best way to get 2.2-STABLE installed on the laptop ? I'd like to install it using TCP/IP over parallel, since I have neither NIC nor CDROM drive in it. 2/ How can I build the installation floppies ? 3/ When the installation floppies will be built, what must I do to build an "installable" version on my fbsd 4 box ? Can I make buildworld on my fbsd 4 box without breaking everything on it ? Any help would be very strongly appreciated :) Lucas -- Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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