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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech2!news.sprintlink.net!news.seanet.com!odinn!bolsen From: bolsen@seanet.com (Bruce Olsen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help With Installation Date: 10 Nov 1995 14:01:53 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Lines: 36 Sender: bolsen@odinn (Bruce Olsen) Message-ID: <47vm0h$1lh@kaleka.seanet.com> References: <47totr$f9f@louie.udel.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: odinn.seanet.com In article <47totr$f9f@louie.udel.edu>, alexandr@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Jerry Alexandratos) writes: |> |> I'm about to install FreeBSD on a machine via FTP. Since I've never |> done this before, there are a few questions that I'm hoping some kind |> soul can help me with. |> |> How much swap space do I need. I've used Linux before and know that |> they recommend 16M. Is there a specific value that I should use for |> FreeBSD, or is any size okay? How much memory do you have. If you have a lot and won't be in a position to swap, you don't need any. If you have 16MB or less, I'd recommend a mimimum of 16MB, but up to 32MB. Above 16MB, I'd reommend at least as much swap space as you have memory. |> |> My ethernet card is a NE2100-compatible. However it's on a |> non-standard port. I'm not sure if the probe on the bootdisk is |> finding it. When I give the -c option to manually configure something, |> I was wondering, which device is the ethernet card? I don't have any FreeBSD stuff here right now, but take a look at the DOCS and FAQs. They list the driver names. |> |> Any tips or tricks that I should keep in mind? |> |> Thanks in advance... |> |> --Jerry |> |> ps-When is FreeBSD v2.1.0 being released anyway? |> |> -- |> 8) Jerry Alexandratos % - % "Nothing inhabits my (8 |> 8) alexandr@louie.udel.edu % - % thoughts, and oblivion (8 |> 8) darkstar@strauss.udel.edu % - % drives my desires." (8