Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 22:27:45 +0100 (CET) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: old laptop: which version? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912162213220.34624-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl>
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I have an old laptop (486 SX 33 with 4 MB RAM and 755MB HDD) on which i would like to put FreeBSD. The PCMCIA-ethernet card I have with it (some ne 2000 clone) is not recognized by the generic kernel on the 2.1.7 version of FreeBSD, the last one, as far as I know, that installs with only 4 MB. So I will have to install over plip or take the harddisk out and put FreeBSD on it in a desktop PC (I have the bracket thing). My question is: which version should I install? 2.1.7.1 (which may or may not, I cannot find out, support my PCMCIA ethernet card) or a recent version, say 3.3 (or .4), which will be able to deal with the card, AFAIK, without problems? Will a recent version *really* run on 4 MB?? Please, don't tell me to buy more RAM. I've tried to get it at a reasonable price without success. This laptop needs the card type of RAM upgrade (Toshiba), which is not to be had here second hand. TIA! Marc Schneiders marc@venster.nl marc@oldserver.demon.nl propro 10:12pm up 3 days, 22:22, load average: 1.00 1.00 1.00 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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