From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 18:53:57 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2667901 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:53:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x22b.google.com (mail-we0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F2BE6C2 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:53:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id u56so12996259wes.2 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:53:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sergeylukin.com; s=sergeylukin; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=IixM6zKX01+YJpRxhE5c4pgeQfngPv96wRf4B6Iq4pY=; b=AiMQE3KYQa3kLLY+sxlTePHhCUVaBHZd8CVbma1Z97uEc8T7CN+kXa+fkGg5uLr23y OEkGddX5pNa6N5bh6HRuYj5rWsr1puyPwq0sWeoUnu4s08Tvyqj814icrw7iFmlvbgna 9/GXEExBrTj3Un27UUYnJl4q5yw2boUtik7a4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=IixM6zKX01+YJpRxhE5c4pgeQfngPv96wRf4B6Iq4pY=; b=BxcrbWSpSSSo+zKwgVjJ2V9o6JfqZ/90T/behfIalQgpl/xFAzF/YZ9LfMRdi8a5tZ k2wYL0w5+Fny4DTDaor/Am2MCG2iIlhqNZq/zwE7PYIMFRKgTdemayUginUi+2smV8qX NOCLahjsALuAySbOoMj82EwCEsSNxEY2ccCYeW9zj6Iv2xnaq+aGMJUxNLvN2S/dooHL jzTbWQwk7/o2mU0jYTPGhO8z8b65F2AELQdnsO0T3GA2K8REyTBad8hSKkzKAxzXhsHi IAqWnQ7K5vXWjhTYz9S2naSRMprChI6VSBWlWnso2ye8IK741ZP/vIzMx/yHS5IktBL8 i1hg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmXG9nAq8s8iG5wwLMVgmOR8kd540IIvgUOok7ylv5zeCSxF7oJ+Hvxs58h/q6scD7kzulA MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.74.108 with SMTP id s12mr16616999wiv.28.1420916035896; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:53:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.27.5.200 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:53:55 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [81.218.168.157] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:53:55 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: Installation without sysinstall From: Sergey Lukin To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:53:58 -0000 Hi, Just an update to my previous email. Turns out, sysinstall doesn't freeze, it just didn't configure the keyboard layout properly. In result, for instance, F1 press performs as if "E" keystroke was pressed and F2 as if "C" was pressed. I guess I should choose to "configure kernel via CLI" option before proceeding to the sysinstall and configure keyboard layout there. Is my guess correct? Is there any advice you could provide me with while I'm hacking my way alone? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Sergey ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sergey Lukin Date: Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 6:12 PM Subject: Installation without sysinstall To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Hi, I want to install FreeBSD on my old ThinkPad with 12Mb of RAM. I only have Floppy drive, Compaq WL100 PCMCIA Wifi and 3COM LAN (3CRPAG175) card. I tried installing 4.3 as it meets my hardware requirements but unfortunately the sysinstall is freezing right when it starts. As far as I understand it requires more RAM to operate so my questions is how can I install FreeBSD 4.*/5.* without sysinstall? Note that I'm not Unix guru but am very comfortable with Unix command line and in somewhat comfortable with FreeBSD in general so will have no problem making my way though CLI only if I had helpful directions. I'd highly appreciate any help. Thank you Sergey