From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 11 17:20:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA25817 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:20:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA25594 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:20:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul10.u.washington.edu (root@saul10.u.washington.edu [140.142.13.73]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id RAA26642; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:20:08 -0800 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul10.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id RAA30610; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:20:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:19:40 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: Imagoodriv@aol.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have forwarded this question to FreeBSD-questions. Thanks, Jason Wells On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 Imagoodriv@aol.com wrote: > Hello, >My name is Jason and I am trying to install Freebsd and have been for the past >three weeks. I have finally gotten to the point where I need to connect to >the FTP site and install everything. Well, I think that the documentation for >this OS is great; however, I find it very difficult to relate to and >understand. It would also be helpful to have a listing of the minimal files >you will need to install and how big they are. I am using a macintosh to d- >load most of everything I have now, but I don't know what I am going to need. >This would be great for people like me who are wanting to try out FreeBSD for >the first time and have MINIMAL equipment. And I don't mean like a 486 intel >computer with a 400Mb HDD and a 28.8 connection; I'm talking about a >Macintosh, 14.4 connection using AOhell, a 486 computer without internet >connection, and 342Mb HHD space. Now if you can put a document out that >specifically instructs someone how to put the minimal OS on the 486 (without >using a CD-ROM....I don't have one) I will kiss your feet. > >Thanks, >Jason > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message