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From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@time.net.my>
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To: seppludwig@isuisse.com, questions@freebsd.org,
	Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD with 4 MB RAM
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 21:36:33 +0800
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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

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