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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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