From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 12 14:44:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA15869 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 14:44:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gp-flash.net (server12.aitcom.net [208.234.0.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA15863 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 14:44:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from webmaster@gp-flash.net) Received: from epson-890c-note (sidestep@q15.din.cuci.nl [195.81.3.15]) by gp-flash.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA32469 for ; Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:43:47 -0400 Message-ID: <199807122341550540.00820219@gp-flash.net> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 2.40.41.05 Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 23:41:55 +0200 From: "Thomas A. Halter" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Initial/Install Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id OAA15864 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I have a notebook with a small drive (540Mb) and I wanted to partition it to install freeBSD on a 100 to 200 Mb partition, so I downloaded the boot disk image, rawrite and all the text files and read through them. I also read through the installation guide (both the text file and the html file) and I have the following questions (in order of precidence :-) ): 1. Is there a utility out there, other than Win95's defrag that will move some the files at the end of my drive that Win95's defrag will not? I have no idea what they are, but defrag will not move them, and unlike the Norton speedisk of old, I can not select which files are moveable and which are not. Now, I have done this for my box at home and used the same disk partitioning utility, but I didn't have this problem because I was going to a 2nd drive which I partitioned, but which was empty at the time (that was a linux install). 2. How much space do I need to run x-windows? The FAQ mentions 8Mb of RAM, and mentions that a minimum install requires about 80 megs, but it says nothing about the full install and x-windows. 3. Now to get technical: I have read that FreeBSD can be used as a router. (Broad statement I know.) Can it route a small network to the internet over a PPP connection? This is my eventual goal to use this machine for, so I guess although more technical than the others, it seems fitting to be asking now. I'd appreciate any answers I receive. Thank You Thomas A. Halter GP_Flash Web Services http://www.gp-flash.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message