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On 20-06-2004 at 18:14 Robert Huff wrote:

>eyesonly@xs4all.nl writes:
>>  I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.10 on an older computer with a 852
>>  MB hard disk. 
<snip>

>	First, a question: what do you want this machine to do?

Hi, thanks!
Fortunately, no special requirements at this stage.
I simply want to use it, so it needs an OS - and FreeBSD certainly beats=
 DOS :-)


>	852 MB should be enough.  Go with a "Custom" installation, and
>you'll need to be utterly ruthless about not installing unneeded
>distribution sets.

"Custom" installation scares me a little, as I don't really know what I'm=
 doing yet.
I will try and read docs and probably start over lots of times (which is=
 fine with me).
When I really get stuck can always ask again :-)

regards
Mark