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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Minimum Requirements X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Complaints-To: Email abuse@news2.new-york.net if this posting is inappropriate Lines: 36 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <EDAM8E.BHI@nonexistent.com> References: <5q62o8$cbr$1@usenet85.supernews.com> X-Trace: 868856845 3466 le [165.254.191.2] X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 05:07:26 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44378 Gardner Buchanan (gbuchanan@on.sympatico.ca) wrote: : In article <ED6tME.53M@nonexistent.com>, : le@put.com (Louis Epstein) writes: : > G. Gollinger (gollingj@ANTISPAMDEVICE.keystone.westminster.edu) wrote: : >: Hello. : >: : >: I'm thinking of dragging my old 386 out of the closet. Here's its specs: : >: : >: i386DX-25 MHz : >: 4 MB RAM (May go to 8 MB if needed) : > : > For FreeBSD,do it!! : > : >: 83 MB IDE HD (Another bottleneck) : > : > 60MB being needed for a "binary only system",yes. : > : >: Now that you've stopped lauging, how much FreeBSD (if any) can go onto it? : > : > Just a little bit. : > : : You will need the 8 meg for installation at least. After that you : might be able to take it out and still run okay. : : I think you would not be able to fit X, or be able to build a : kernel. Still, I bet you'll be surpised at what you _can_ do. It : will play Ularn like lightning. : : You will also have to borrow another disk drive for the installation. : 83meg is not enough to hold a DOS partition to install from and a : partition to install to. I don't see anything else in your config : that would be a suitable installation medium. FWIW,Surplus Software is selling 256 MB hard drives for $89.99... if he has a spare bay,that might be a handy add-on!