Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 17:26:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: cam@pinnacle.co.nz (Cam Mander-Merrilees) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an Altos 386 Message-ID: <199510130026.RAA06206@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199510122234.LAA19350@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> from "Cam Mander-Merrilees" at Oct 13, 95 11:34:43 am
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The install floppies files are 1.2MB long exactly so that they can fit on a 1.2MB floppy disk. > > We have an OLD Altos 386 with : > 8 MB RAM > 60MB QIC Streaming Tape drive (ESDI ?) > 1.2 MB 5.25" Floppy disk drive > Ethernet Card what kind? > 370 MB SCSI Hard Drive > > We have FreeBSD 2.0.5 and would like to run this on the above machine. Is > there any way we can install FreeBSD on this machine since it does not have > a 3.5" Floppy drive ?? We have a number of PC's connected on our TCP/IP > network which have 3.5" Floppy drives... We have a number of Unix (different > flavours) on the network also... > > Is this possible ??? I would expect it to work.. the disk will be very tight. you'll only be able to instal a 'minimal system' > > Thanks in advance > Campbell Mander-Merrilees e-mail : cam@pinnacle.co.nz > Analyst / Programmer Voice : +64.9.489.7020 > Pinnacle Software Fax : +64.9.489.7040 > Auckland, NZ > > >
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