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Date:      Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:24:03 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        lockwood@csus.edu
Subject:   Re: Installation question
Message-ID:  <199606071424.OAA03031@CoDe.CoDe.hu>
In-Reply-To: <199606070752.AAA28132@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jeremy Lockwood" at Jun 7, 96 00:52:20 am

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> I am attempting to install freebsd on an older platform. It is a homebuilt
> conglomeration of a 486dx-33 isa m/b with 4 megs, a tseng labs et4000 video

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> card and a 120meg hd with about 35 megs of data on a dos partition. the
> boot.flp runs what appears to be a successful probe of the system (although
> I think it gets the HD geometry wrong) the crashes after the line

You need 5 megs to install.  (After it, 4 is enough, but not for the install)

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	Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>

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