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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:22:17 +0100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD with 4 MB RAM
Message-ID:  <20010130162217.S62745@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010130160718.mj@isy.liu.se>; from mj@isy.liu.se on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 04:07:18PM %2B0100
References:  <20010130132311.A27857@ns.sicfa.org> <XFMail.010130160718.mj@isy.liu.se>

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On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 04:07:18PM +0100, Micke Josefsson wrote:
> 
> 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).

Minimum install takes about 60Mb for 2.2.6. And be carefull with
the parrallel cable install, in the sysinstall for 2.2.6 (2.2.8?)
ifconfig for lp0 wasn't working well, you had to do it in the
emergency holographic shell.

Edwin, 486SX/50 8Mb 100Mb disk :-)

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