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Date:      Tue, 8 May 2001 15:18:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
To:        John Thomas <jt@spld.org>
Cc:        Re: ;
Subject:   Re: Older version of FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0105081450490.79851-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
In-Reply-To: <01C0D674.6DB67B80.jt@spld.org>

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On Sun, 6 May 2001, John Thomas wrote:

> Hi,
> 	I have a 386SX25 ZEOS Notebook, with a 60 MB Hard Drive and I
> would like to install FreeBSD on it. I don't have a CD-ROM or a NIC.
> Can the older versions (2.X, etc.) be installed by floppy? Also, would
> it be possible to get a copy of one of the older versions through your
> site? Please let me  know. Thank you, your help in this will be greatly
> appreciated.

With consideration for your hardware,
I recommend versions <= 2.2.8-RELEASE.
Expect performance to be abysmal.

Floppy installation is covered:
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html

PLIP installation may be a possibilty.
See FAQ sections 1.15 and 1.16:
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html

Try: http://www.freebsdmirrors.org/
beneath "i386 Releases available"

.cr


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