From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed May 5 22:13:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp5.jps.net (smtp5.jps.net [209.63.224.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B1714F8C for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 22:13:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulairi@jps.net) Received: from default (208-237-196-98.irv.jps.net [208.237.196.98]) by smtp5.jps.net (8.9.0/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA16231; Thu, 6 May 1999 06:13:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ulairi" To: "Roger S. Lee" Cc: "Newbies" Subject: RE: installing fbsd Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 22:11:34 -0700 Message-ID: <000401be977e$e8d1f560$1ec4edd0@default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3730B640.E0A279EC@thunder.it.sait.ab.ca> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Do you have a PCMCIA-based CD-ROM on that thing? Or a network card? The basic question is how you'll get the OS onto the machine. CD-ROM and FTP come as most likely alternatives - which is why I asked about a PCMCIA CD-ROM or a network card. You can make the boot floppies without a problem, and it is quite likely that XFree supports the video card you have in there (quite possibly an S3 clone of some sort). The RAM/CPU is sufficient for you to run a fairly minimalist system set, but with X up and functioning. Chances are great that you have a small HD in there and will have to work hard to keep the space used efficiently, but it can certainly be done. I recommend contacting IBM (or digging up old docs for the laptop) and making sure that the video card in the laptop is supported by XFree (www.xfree86.org). :) | -----Original Message----- | From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG | [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Roger S. Lee | Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 14:21 | To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG | Subject: installing fbsd | | | I just recently bought FreeBSD 3.1 and am thinking of installing it in | my old IBM thinkpad. The ThinkPad is a 386, 16 MB RAM. | | I was thinking of formatting the hard drive and installing | FreeBSD as the | new OS. Will I be able to do this? | | Roger | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBNzEivlR8Yh25VFLEEQJiPgCeOkvCQEzceZaxzgqbqnxwwRa8l9oAn0Wi ljMcNvQN+NaHthwP2GMdCF3y =hMvG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message