From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 1 19: 7:39 2000 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 C8EDD37B422 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:07:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e8227aZ20786; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:07:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:07:36 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: HodgePodge Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie 325mg query Message-ID: <20000901190736.Q18862@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from bentley3@mediaone.net on Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 09:55:33PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * HodgePodge [000901 18:52] wrote: > is 325mgs enough space to put FreeBSD 4.1 on an old 486 & try (through an > act of god) making said 486 into a router / packet forwarding box / > firewall? That should be ok, just do a 'minimal install' along with 'manpages'. In fact you might want to check out "PicoBSD" it's FreeBSD on a single floppy: http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ > i've heard its possible to do this on linux machines....but i know squat > about Linux or BSD, very interested in BSD though. > > most important above! > > last question. if i'm getting out of the navy in about a year... & i'm > interested in computers, is there a place i could find work in an > environment similar to (?) BSD headquarters, or learning to program minor > stuff for them or something? Companies using FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/gallery/ -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message