Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:07:18 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD with 4 MB RAM Message-ID: <XFMail.010130160718.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <20010130132311.A27857@ns.sicfa.org>
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On 30-Jan-01 Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hello, > > i've got an old laptop here, a 486 SX 25 with 4 MB RAM and 80 MB HD. Is there > an (old) version of FreeBSD that would fit on it ? (I've tried PicoBSD, but > it's based on FreeBSD 3.4 and it requires 8 MB RAM). > > Since I have neither CD-ROM drive nor internet connection on the laptop, is > there a way to install it with floppies ? > Oh, dear, oh, dear:) 486/25 and an SX too.... You can install 2.2.2 (and possibly other 2.2) into your 486 with 4M ram. I have read that 5 megs is necessary for the install, nevertheless have I successfully installed it on a 4meg box. 80M hd is a problem though! The 'smallest config possible' option during install requires around 110-120 Megs. I have gotten it into a 117 Meg drive but not anything smaller (and I do not remember how much smaller I tried with). Don't install with floppies. Try to get hold of a parallell cable and configure your parallellport as a network device and another FreeBSD box as ftp-server. It is MUCH faster. And not nearly as error prone. What I would worry about is the 80Meg drive. Sure, you do not need everything in /bin /sbin etc but it may be hard finding out what is. (or, worse, was..). It is possible to remove files just while the rest of the system is downloading other files if you are quick... /M > Thanks, > > Lucas > -- > If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a > Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and > explode once a year, killing everyone inside. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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