Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 22:46:13 +0200 From: Juha-Matti Liukkonen <jml@cubical.fi> To: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd on a small laptop Message-ID: <3A8EE315.5DBE1B16@cubical.fi> References: <20010217105702.A2194@ns.sicfa.org>
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Hi, if you just want to run vi, check out the picobsd release build. You can fit a lot of stuff -- even 4.x based -- on a single 1.44M floppy. Vi most definitely qualifies, I've built floppies with dhcp and lynx on them making an old 386 into a working text-only web surfboard, among other things. Cheers, - Juha Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Hello, > > This mail is slightly OT on this list. But I hope your experience in setting > FreeBSD in small systems will help me. > > I have an old laptop, a 486 SX 25 with 80 MB of hard drive and 4 MB RAM. I'd > like to install FreeBSD on it, only to be able to take notes using vi :) > The lack of RAM seems to be a problem : FreeBSD 4 of course doesn't work, and > FreeBSD 3 neither. So I'd like to install FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE on it (I was told > it would work). > > I've download the 2.2-STABLE sources using CVSUP. > > 1/ What's the best way to get 2.2-STABLE installed on the laptop ? I'd like to > install it using TCP/IP over parallel, since I have neither NIC nor CDROM drive > in it. > > 2/ How can I build the installation floppies ? > > 3/ When the installation floppies will be built, what must I do to build an > "installable" version on my fbsd 4 box ? Can I make buildworld on my fbsd 4 box > without breaking everything on it ? > > Any help would be very strongly appreciated :) > > Lucas > -- > Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message -- Juha-Matti Liukkonen, Cubical Solutions Ltd Phone: +358(0)405280142 Email: jml@cubical.fi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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