Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 13:29:16 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Matt O'Brien" <m___o___b@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptop Message-ID: <3D023EEC.2090809@potentialtech.com> References: <20020608171655.12941.qmail@web11304.mail.yahoo.com>
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Matt O'Brien wrote: > I have a question. I am not 100% certain but > have a good enough idea. I just want to know which > version of FreeBSD I need to install on my P100, 16MB > RAM Acer Laptop. I do NOT have a CD ROM drive -- only > a standard 1.44" floppy drive and also don't have a > NIC :( I don't see why you couldn't run the most recent, 4.5. How much RAM does it have? 8meg is required. > Also, what kind of installation will I need to > perform? A 1.44" floppy disk installation?? Do I > just need the mfsroot.flp and kern.flp ? Are there > any others I need? Oh sheese ... you'll need to do a floppy install. Read the installation instructions in the handbook. Floppy installs are slow, tedious, and frustrating. I did it with 3.x a few years ago because I had a lappy without CD ROM as well. Take my advice, if your time is worth anything, purchase a NIC for the lappy and save your time and sanity. Otherwise, you're looking at using 30+ floppies to do the install. My experience showed that about 10% of the floppies didn't work right and had to be recreated. Like I said, slow, tedious, and frustrating. -- Bill Moran Potential Technology http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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