From owner-freebsd-emulation Sun Jun 1 22:26:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA27798 for emulation-outgoing; Sun, 1 Jun 1997 22:26:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA27787 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 1997 22:26:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id OAA18461; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 14:55:48 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706020525.OAA18461@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD with a little Zip? In-Reply-To: <33924F63.6036@buffnet.net> from "Dennis J. Eberl" at "Jun 2, 97 00:44:04 am" To: dww@buffnet.net Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 14:55:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Not entirely sure why you're posting here rather than the -questions list... Dennis J. Eberl stands accused of saying: > I have a 33 MHz '486 w/8 MB RAM, a small HD, and a Zip drive (SCSI, not > parallel port). Sure, I'll probably need more RAM (assuming FreeBSD will > even install on a '486), but what I am really wondering is can I install > onto a Zip disk thus avoiding having to partition my HD? Yup, should be fine. > Dennis Eberl -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[