Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:16:49 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: ipthomas_77@yahoo.com (User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas) Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM Laptop 4MB RAM 486 CPU Message-ID: <200105032316.QAA11855@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200105030422.AAA01174@scarlet.my.domain> from User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas at "May 3, 1 00:22:54 am"
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As I recall, User Ipt Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > I have an old IBM thinkpad with about 4MB of RAM(actually it says > 3096KB on bootup) with a 486 CPU that I would like to use with > PicoBSD. It has two serial ports and a monitor port with a floppy > drive and a HardDrive with about 120 MB. Unfortunately there is no > PCMCIA slots for a NIC. Does it have a parallel port? You can run PLIP with a laplink cable to another, larger system to do the setup. A long time ago I got FreeBSD 2.0.5 onto a Compaq 386/20 notebook that had an 80meg drive and 4meg of RAM using PLIP to a desktop machine that had the installation CDs in it. It can be done... -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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