From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 21 11:28:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10324 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:28:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from keywest.ird.rl.af.mil (KEYWEST.IRD.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.193.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA10313 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:28:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by keywest.ird.rl.af.mil with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BCAE3E.AB827430@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil>; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 14:29:44 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Goeringer, Michael" To: "'Kevin Fernandez'" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: FreeBSD Questions Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 14:29:42 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Go to www.freebsd.org and all your questions will be answered :-) Michael G. ---------- From: Kevin Fernandez[SMTP:diamond@comm.net] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 1997 2:08 PM To: FreeBSD Subject: FreeBSD Questions I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a 486SX from diskettes which I copied from your ftp site and I have a few questions. 1) I'm attempting to use a very small hard drive (41 mb), is this too small for the OS? If so, what is the recommended amount of space? 2) What are the recommended sizes for the swap file and the file system? 3) After going through the install program, I get a message similar to "panic: I'm not going anywhere without my init." It gives me this message just after it warns you that it is about to make changes and before it attempts to write to the hard drive. Can you tell me what this means and how I might solve this problem? Thank you for any information that you can give to me. Kevin Fernandez