From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 10 23:17:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD4B16A4CE for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:17:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [66.11.169.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C56C443D55 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:17:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gldis.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9ANOtUG055614; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:24:56 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) From: Jeremy Faulkner To: Ryan Thompson In-Reply-To: <20041010112046.P4592@drizzle.sasknow.net> References: <000c01c4aebd$09ff6140$2275613f@oemcomputer> <20041010112046.P4592@drizzle.sasknow.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Ed8ash3XWgdqz2fD4391" Message-Id: <1097436036.47283.0.camel@ocean-deep.gldis.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:20:37 +0000 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' cc: "Wayne \"Thanatos\" McBroom" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very Old Computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:17:27 -0000 --=-Ed8ash3XWgdqz2fD4391 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 17:28, Ryan Thompson wrote: > Wayne "Thanatos" McBroom wrote to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org: >=20 > > I got a hold of a Duracom 486/SX. Which FreeBSD do you think would > > work on it? Just trying to replace the 3.11 system on it. Thanks. > > Later..... >=20 > I suppose it depends on how much RAM you have. You need more RAM to > install FreeBSD than you do to actually run it. The release notes for > 4.10 say this: >=20 > 1.2 Hardware Requirements >=20 > FreeBSD for the i386 requires an 80386 or better processor. The > sysinstall(8) installation program requires 16MB of RAM; after > installation, FreeBSD itself can be run in 4-8MB of RAM with a > pared-down kernel. You will need at least 100MB of free hard drive > space for the most minimal installation; a more realistic minimum is > on the order of 250-350MB. See below for ways of shrinking existing > DOS partitions in order to install FreeBSD. >=20 > If you are not familiar with configuring hardware for FreeBSD, you > should be sure to read the HARDWARE.TXT file; it contains important > information on what hardware is supported by FreeBSD. >=20 > If you're short on RAM, you can have great fun cabling the drive in and > installing with another machine, and then compiling a custom kernel to > select the appropriate CPU type and remove literally everything you > don't need. Then, tweak your rc.conf to remove all unnecessary daemons > (named, sendmail, usbd, and even cron, syslogd and the like, if you can > survive without). >=20 > - Ryan Another way to overcome the memory limit: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D2967388+0+archive/2004/freeb= sd-questions/20040215.freebsd-questions --=20 Jeremy Faulkner --=-Ed8ash3XWgdqz2fD4391 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQBBaYuDfb0Lle2MIEIRAsXNAKC5DsepGdfv/uy0Fol1TdMwk/614gCXcgWU A8hUnJ2IfVFuzl/MlXvT8g== =mkOD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Ed8ash3XWgdqz2fD4391--