From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 17 00:46:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1EE106566C for ; Sat, 17 May 2008 00:46:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toms@chirock.com) Received: from omr1.networksolutionsemail.com (omr1.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27DF8FC13 for ; Sat, 17 May 2008 00:46:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toms@chirock.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr1.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.64]) by omr1.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id m4H0k8It028426 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 20:46:08 -0400 Received: (qmail 4893 invoked by uid 78); 17 May 2008 00:46:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.65.11.4?) (toms@chirock.com@72.215.217.203) by ns-omr1.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 17 May 2008 00:46:08 -0000 Message-ID: <482E2AC9.5070507@chirock.com> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 19:46:01 -0500 From: Thomas Simpson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Busby References: <704507.287.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <704507.287.qm@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: help help Subject: Re: 486 Install?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: toms@chirock.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 00:46:10 -0000 Thanks to all who sent me messages. I think I see where to go, should I need to turn to a FreeBSD. Tom Simpson Mark Busby wrote: > Could you do the job with a stripped down system? Like freenas, > monowall, nanobsd or tinybsd. All based on the bsd system, and with a > little work you can add all the needed ports. Boot from the cd-rom, > save config to floppy or usb thumb drive, use all the harddrive for > storage. > I've been looking into this. If I could just find a boot loader that > would give a usb thumb drive boot as an option. > > */Thomas F Simpson Jr /* wrote: > > I have a 486 DEEP GREEN system I would like to put some version of > FreeBSD on (I have my reasons). > > I have other inquiries out on this, but if I correctly recall (and > that is a real rusty recall at best), the max memory you could get > on one of these beasts was 48MB, unless they made some bigger, > recognizable, 72-pin modules. > > I have 8 MB of hard drive space free for a FreeBSD partition and I > am actually running an Intel P24T Overdrive for my CPU. All work > fine on the DOS 6.2.2 partition I need to run. > > Would any version of FreeBSD work with just 48MB of RAM? Or do I > need to figure out a way to get more RAM on the board, IF POSSIBLE? > > Thanks. > > Tom Simpson > Omaha, NE > toms@chirock.com > 402.896.1157 > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >