From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 12 22:58:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA13009 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA12997 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:58:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA04246 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:58:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA04884; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:56:46 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199706130556.AAA04884@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: old fbsd versions In-Reply-To: <199706130445.XAA14172@ms1.nwla.com> from Eddie White at "Jun 12, 97 11:45:07 pm" To: ewhite@ms1.nwla.com (Eddie White) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:56:46 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > i seem to remember reading somewhere that there was an old version of fbsd, > 1.1.1something, that was small and considered very stable albeit short on > popular whistles and bells. i'm looking for something i can use on a proc > as small as a x386 and it would be even neater if i could get a minimum > system to load from a floppy. for a process control experiment. > > does anyone know what version i'm talking about and is there an archive > where a version this old can be found? > You are likely talking about 1.1.5.1. Try: ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/BSD/FreeBSD/BSD-FreeBSD-1.1.5.1-RELEASE Note that it is missing support of many modern devices. That system is fairly light-weight. Also it is likely more buggy than 2.2.2. We have learned alot since then. John