Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:28:12 +0100 From: "Christian Walther" <cptsalek@gmail.com> To: "Nino Ivanov" <niivanov@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.9 / Installation problem Message-ID: <14989d6e0703150428i30ad83dav554ec225f98312e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c766e0$2e7b04b0$5300000a@HAL9000> References: <000001c766e0$2e7b04b0$5300000a@HAL9000>
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On 15/03/07, Nino Ivanov <niivanov@gmx.net> wrote: > Dear Sir or Madam, > [...] > > The target machine is a HP Omnibook 600c laptop with 8MB RAM, a 486 DX4 > processor, 300 MB disk space. No CD drive. No network available. External > floppy drive without DMA. (I tried NetBSD, but because of the lack of DMA it > did not work properly.) The functioning of the floppy drive is critical, > being the machine's only practical means of communicating with the outer > world. Due to cost and time considerations, no upgrades are possible. If the > target machine is not suitable for an installation of FreeBSD, please let me > know so I stop further attempts. I guess you're without luck in this case. AFAIK FreeBSD needs at least 64 MB RAM to work happily. I tried installing it on an P1/133MHz Laptop with 16MB RAM, and it freezes after a few minutes. And it's dead slow. So I tried NetBSD which worked better on my machine. Maybe there is a switch or configuration setting to turn off DMA for the Floppy Drive? HTH Christian
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