From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 10:07:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAD6E16A400 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phi@evilphi.com) Received: from mail.twinthornes.com (mail.twinthornes.com [65.75.198.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C94213C441 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phi@evilphi.com) Received: from [10.9.70.4] (c-24-20-142-99.hsd1.or.comcast.net [24.20.142.99]) by mail.twinthornes.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B194C41; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:07:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45B48C8E.2040307@evilphi.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:06:06 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ahmad Arafat Abdullah , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <20070122095950.A70291158CC@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> In-Reply-To: <20070122095950.A70291158CC@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: what can i do with a 486? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:07:04 -0000 Ahmad Arafat Abdullah wrote: > just a little opinion.. 486 is too old (but still can runs BSD of > course) since it can't boot CDROM, why not u try to install it thru > network, either from http, ftp, SMB shares or from http/ftp freebsd > servers.. I've tried it before with FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD, > network and internet both works fine TQ.. [Redirected from private email] The OP's choice of preloading FreeBSD is faster and easier than any of the above options, since he would have to make boot floppies and wants to avoid 4.x. -- Darren Pilgrim