Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 08:50:28 -0500 From: Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com> To: <jacob@sheehy.ca>, <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Small install Message-ID: <B9013A54.8519%lists@stevenfettig.com> In-Reply-To: <jUsT.aNoTheR.mEsSaGe.iD.10210033308059@sheehy.ca>
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On 5/9/2002 22:58, "Jacob Sheehy" <jacob@sheehy.ca> wrote: > Hello, > > I just recieved an old laptop with Windows 3.1 installed. It's a > 386, with only a floppy drive and about 200MB on the hard drive. > I'd like to kill Windows and install FreeBSD (just the basics; no > applications, no X window system, etc). And it needs to be installed > though floppies. > > Where can I download a version of FreeBSD that's just the basics? > Can FreeBSD be installed by a couple of floppy disks? > > Thank you, > > Jacob You might want to look at pico-bsd. I have not looked at this for quite some time, but I am sure it is small enough to run on your machine and should have the capabilities you need for such a system. Here's the link: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~picobsd/ Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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