From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 4 10:33:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B97C614CA3 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:33:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@wintelcom.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA06587; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:52:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:52:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein To: "Per D. Jensen" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Very Newbie Q In-Reply-To: <57F1FE754246D211A98700805FB79145F658B4@aarhus> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Per D. Jensen wrote: > Hi all! > > I've just subscribed to the FreeBSD mailingslist and my first question is: > > Is it feasible to install FreeBSD via a 56K modem? How many Megs do I > have to download to get a system running? Lets say without X for starters; > just a mininal BSD UNIX system. I've done this before, it's not _too_ bad, just when doing the install pick the 'minimal package' to install, once you have that installed you can add more packages later by running /stand/sysinstall. Good luck, -Alfred > > JFYI: I'm not new to UNIX, as I've been using Linux for a year or so at home > and uses AIX and Solaris (onb a user level) at work. > > Thanks! > > -- > Per Dalum Jensen - 5506 > "The real University is a state of Mind" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message