Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:36:33 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@time.net.my> To: seppludwig@isuisse.com, questions@freebsd.org, Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD with 4 MB RAM Message-ID: <01013021373101.01967@FreeBSD.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <3A76C53B.6199.10F1671@localhost> References: <3A76C53B.6199.10F1671@localhost>
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, seppludwig@isuisse.com wrote: > Hi Lucas, > > I, too, would be intersted in any responses to your enquiry since I > also have an old laptop with a similar configuration. > > I read regarding DEBIAN linux that the problem was not how much > memory it needed to RUN, but how much memory it needed to INSTALL. > > When installing FreeBSD there is the option to install it via the > parallel port from a FreeBSD machine - maybe a solution for the > diskette problem. > > Let'"s hope someone has more information :-) > > regards > > Sepp > > > > Hello, > > > > i've got an old laptop here, a 486 SX 25 with 4 MB RAM and 80 MB HD. Is there > > an (old) version of FreeBSD that would fit on it ? (I've tried PicoBSD, but > > it's based on FreeBSD 3.4 and it requires 8 MB RAM). > > > > Since I have neither CD-ROM drive nor internet connection on the laptop, is > > there a way to install it with floppies ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Lucas > > -- > > If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a > > Rolls-Royce today would cost $100, get a million miles to the gallon, and > > explode once a year, killing everyone inside. > > try ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org cheers -- +----------------------------------------+ | /\_____ | | / ./__ | | / __/ < I do understand.. | | / ___/ | | / / | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | *warf* *warf* | | | +----------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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