Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 23:22:02 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This is probably wasting you valuable time.... Message-ID: <200001092222.XAA50499@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <85anki$2ar3$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
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Borris Yeltsin <BorrisYeltsin@bun.com> wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
> I recently bought the book, UNIX: Unleashed which is a 1000 page, =
> hardback manual of UNIX it includes a CD with FreeBSD on it. I have 2 =
> computers one an AMD 266 Voodoo 3 high-spec machine the other an Intel =
> P100, 8Meg RAM, 800 MB HD with no CD drive. I was wondering if you could =
> help me with a problem I am having.
> First can I run FreeBSD and the attached X Window system?
FreeBSD itself will run, although the fact that you have only
8 Mbyte of RAM will slow it down. I'd recommend that you
upgrade the memory. The X Window system will definitely be
_no_ fun with 8 Mbytes only.
For Voodoo3 support, you'd need a fairly recent version of
XFree86.
> If no then don't read on.
> I have transferred the installation files to the laptop via a parallel =
> cable to the laptop HD and created a boot disk. The installation program =
> ran but said I didn't have enough drive space (I have only 200MB free). =
> What do you recommend? format and the making of a totally UNIX system, =
> the clearing o disk space (is it worth it?) or download the new version =
> of FreeBSD.
200 Mbyte should be enough for a very minimal installation,
but it's probably not enough if you also want XFree86.
Making more space available is probably a good idea.
Whether downloading a new version of FreeBSD is worth it,
I don't know. It depends on the version which you already
have (you forgot to mention it).
Regards
Oliver
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