From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 08:51:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 307E016A4BF for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:51:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp08.wxs.nl (smtp08.wxs.nl [195.121.6.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33CA543F75 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:51:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp08.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HKW00I5QJJ417@smtp08.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:40:17 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Intranet.lan (akruijff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h88FfT7p029229;akruijff@Intranet.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Intranet.lan (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h88FfTiM029228; Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:41:29 +0200 (CEST envelope-from akruijff) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:41:29 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20030908072649.97010.qmail@web14812.mail.yahoo.com> To: Dorin-Constantin Scutarasu Message-id: <20030908154129.GB29046@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <20030908072649.97010.qmail@web14812.mail.yahoo.com> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Help! I need a small(old ?) FreeBSD release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:51:19 -0000 On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 12:26:49AM -0700, Dorin-Constantin Scutarasu wrote: > Hi, > > I have an old computer (AMD DX2486 @80MHz and 16MB RAM) and I want to install FreeBSD on an empty 53 MB partition. I couldn't find an old release small enough to fit. Can you help? The smallest all purpose release I could find is release 2.2.8 but it's still not small enough. > You could try picobsd. Its based on FreeBSD but so small you can place it on a floppy. There are versions you can download or you could create your own version. http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/