From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 03:40:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCAB16A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:40:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B50343D1F for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 03:40:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from frambozen (frambozen [192.168.1.9]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA57094; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:39:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:40:22 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill To: daniel In-Reply-To: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> Message-ID: <20050207222811.U24265@frambozen.monochrome.org> References: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cracked out floppy install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:40:05 -0000 On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, daniel wrote: > i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer on > and off for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the thing > boot and each and every time, it'll get to the little beastie prompt > where it counts down and is *supposed* to run sysinst but instead, it > just reboots! That's just peculiar. Maybe you need more RAM? Couldn't hurt, anyway. The 16M you cite below seems a bit meager. > i even went out and bought a new set of floppies I've found that *many* - maybe even most - floppies are bad out of the box. I buy the 25- or 50-pack, and churn through until I find two good ones. Sometimes it takes a while. > and it still doesn't work, so i'm posting here. suggestions? > comments? here's my specs: > > amd-k6 133mhz > 16mb ram > 4gb hd Other than the RAM, this should be fine as long as you don't plan on storing much data. I'd use this machine as a home gateway/firewall/NAT box. I haven't installed a recent FreeBSD on any hardware quite so - um, experienced, but I *have* installed 5.3R successfully on a K6-2/400 with 196M of RAM. That was booting from floppies and installing via FTP from the 'net. Once installed, the thing is even surprisingly fast. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ]