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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 23:33:26 -0800
From:      D Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        Eric Jacoboni <jaco@titine.fr.eu.org>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: minimal download for a test install ?
Message-ID:  <36D64E46.801B4E44@uswest.net>
References:  <199902260454.XAA04982@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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On Feb 26, 1999 @ around 04:55 GMT, Crist J. Clark wrote:
>Eric Jacoboni wrote,
>> So my question : what are the absolute mandatory files/directories
>> to have a minimal FBSD system ? (be cool with my phone bill ;-)
>
>Depends on what abilities are mandatory to you. Generally, people say
>that the 'bin' and 'manpages' distributions are the _absolute_ 
>minimum.

If I recall correctly (been years since a minimal install), bin includes
only vi, in which case you might want to add emacs to
the list if you're none too keen on vi.

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