Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:41:29 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Dorin-Constantin Scutarasu <dorin_scutarasu@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Help! I need a small(old ?) FreeBSD release Message-ID: <20030908154129.GB29046@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030908072649.97010.qmail@web14812.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030908072649.97010.qmail@web14812.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 12:26:49AM -0700, Dorin-Constantin Scutarasu wrote: > Hi, > > I have an old computer (AMD DX2486 @80MHz and 16MB RAM) and I want to install FreeBSD on an empty 53 MB partition. I couldn't find an old release small enough to fit. Can you help? The smallest all purpose release I could find is release 2.2.8 but it's still not small enough. > You could try picobsd. Its based on FreeBSD but so small you can place it on a floppy. There are versions you can download or you could create your own version. http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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