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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: "Andrey P. Babiy" <dea@email.dp.ua>
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Subject: Re: Problem
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* Andrey P. Babiy <dea@email.dp.ua> [000303 08:39] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem: I can't install FreeBSD.
> 
> Everything is O.K. till the installation program starts to copy the bin
> into my computer. It doesn't look like a problem with configuring because I
> can see that the installation program found and recognized all the devices.
> I have been trying to install FreeBSD from CDROM. I also couldn't have
> installed from floppies and DOS partition.
> 
> Computer: 486DX2/66, HDD Seagate 525Mb, RAM 8Mb.

I'm pretty sure you need ~12MB for an install, you can get away with
less if you compile your own copy of GENERIC and take out a bunch
of not needed stuff and copying it to the install floppy.

-Alfred


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