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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 install on 4 meg machine?
To: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:23:45 -0800 (PST)
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Due to events not totally understood, the install
doesn't work with 4MB.. you need at least 5MB..
once it's up and going however 4MB is enough..

possibilities:
1/ borrow some ram for the install
2/ upgrade piece-meal from 2.0.5 by unpacking the 
distributions by hand  (if no need to repartition etc)
if you need to repartition.. do it with the 2.0.5 disk,
and install a minimal 2.0.5  THEN unpack the 2.1 distribution..

> 
> I have 2.0.5 running fine on my 4 meg 486SX-25... I want to do an
> install rather than an upgrade, so that I can repartition my HD to
> allocate more space for FreeBSD and less for Dos.
 
> Unfortunately, I don't have enough Unix experience to decode the error
> message.
> 
best I can do right now..