From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 10 11:52:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A09157EF for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:44:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@wintelcom.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA27894; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 12:14:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 12:14:23 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Michael Suozzo Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I would like to install FreeBSD on my Compaq 486-DX2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Michael Suozzo wrote: > I have tried a number of times to read the installation materials and > determine how I can download and install FreeBSD and have been unsuccessful. > > I have a Compaq 486-DX2 with 8 meg of memory. I have two drives, a 200 meg > and a 400 meg. I do not have a CDROM attached, but I do have a modem. > The machine is loaded with Windows 3.1, but I will re-install DOD 6.22 before > trying to install FreeBSD. I don't believe my A drive can handle 1.44meg disks. > I do have another machine with a CDROM running Windows 98 and I have a copy > of Laplink. I don't think FreeBSD can talk laplink, you'll need an ethernet connection or a serial line running ppp or slip. > Another option might be to partition my Windows 98 machine and load FreeBSD > in the new partition. To do this I would have to purchase a copy of Partition > Magic or System Commander, so I can partition the drive without losing the > Windows partition. Actually there's a _free_ tool called 'fips' you may want to try out, it should be in the 'tools' directory on ftp.cdrom.com. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message