Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 13:41:21 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> To: "Amy Shaftoe" <amyshaftoe@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Perhaps a new "distribution"? Message-ID: <200207091141.g69BfLm00542@lapa.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from "Amy Shaftoe" <amyshaftoe@hotmail.com> of "Sat, 06 Jul 2002 10:28:56 CDT." <F136RoYfr0QYSfRNeH50000a374@hotmail.com>
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"Amy Shaftoe" wrote: > I just wish I could install the current FreeBSD distribution on a > machine with only 8 MB of memory. I think 4.3 was the last release > where that was possible. I tried to build custom boot floppies for > 4.5 with most of the ethernet drivers removed. While I got a little > further in the boot process with these floppies, it still failed. > Has anyone had any success in doing this? > > On some machines I have (old laptops) adding more RAM isn't an > option and removing the hard drive to do the install somewhere else > is a pain. If someone adds a `mini' install option, it will look good, reducing FreeBSD's "Minimum Hardware Requirements" description. Just to upgrade though, it's not necessary to have enough RAM to run FreeBSD's floppy/CD installer (was 5M to install, 4M to boot when last I needed to check years ago). Instead, just copy new bins & kernel into parallel directories /4.6 /usr/4.6 & /var/4.6 (via PLIP, SLIP, ether, cdrom or floppy), then `cp /bin/mv /mv;/mv` old stuff out in this order /var, /usr, /, & reboot. Only for the experienced, get anything wrong & reboot can fail ! > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Microsoft merits no free advertising on this FreeBSD list. Microsoft tax pyramid: http://www.billparish.com/presslist.html Why I avoid Microsoft http://bim.bsn.com/jhs/ms/dos.txt Julian Stacey Freelance Unix (BSD Linux etc) Consultant, Munich To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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