From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 14 07:37:02 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 3100D16A4D5 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:37:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from gldis.ca (constans.gldis.ca [66.11.169.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F3D43D31 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:37:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Received: from gldis.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gldis.ca (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i1EFVsM9004900; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:31:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gldisater@gldis.ca) Message-ID: <402E1266.7020605@gldis.ca> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:19:50 -0500 From: Jeremy Faulkner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040120 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: matthew References: <12020443.48379@webbox.com> <20040212162843.Y57486@admin1.mdc.net> In-Reply-To: <20040212162843.Y57486@admin1.mdc.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on constans.gldis.ca cc: bob88@eng.ufl.edu cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org cc: Brent Bowman Subject: Re: Install on 486 with floppy reboots after mfsroot 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: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:37:02 -0000 matthew wrote: > > > > On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Brent Bowman wrote: > > >>Oh boy, I guess that I've either got to find more RAM, find an >>older/stripped down version of FreeBSD, or give up. >> > > > Well, if i was you i would get on the phone and call every > household that you think has a basement full of junk. > They will more than likely have an old computer down > there you can take the ram from. > > >>I looked around a little, how would I find a skinnier version >>of FreeBSD for this old box. > > > Did you try 3.5-RELEASE and cvsup to stable? I still run 3.4 and 3.5. > I have previously used install floppies from 3.2 (as this was the most readily available version because I still have the cd set) to install 4.x on similar machines. However, these was quite a long time ago. When using this method, in the options section change the release you want to install from 3.2-RELEASE to the version you want to install from the cd/ftp/etc. as appropriate. Watch vtty1 for /etc/libexec to be installed and then you will be able to use vi in the holographic shell to edit /etc/fstab to change the /dev/wd* to /dev/ad*. After this you shouldn't have any problems. Waiting until after the machine reboots before editing /etc/fstab can result in headaches and is not recommended, but is not impossible(IIRC). Again, I should point out that the last time I did this was with an early release on the 4.x branch, I don't remember the exact version and the old 486 that would testify to the procedure is at my parents house pretending to be a paper weight. > >>Also, does anybody have any ideas (besides ebay) on how I would >>find some really old 60ns SIMMS for that box for cheap? >> >> > > > If you were standing right next to me I would throw some at you :P > Are you in some strange region where it is difficult to find old ram? > > I am sure a second hand pc shop will gladly give you 32mb ram (come > in pairs) for 5 bucks. 10 at most. > > m -- Jeremy Faulkner http://www.gldis.ca