Re: Install on 486 with floppy reboots after mfsroot
From: Jeremy Faulkner (gldisater_at_gldis.ca)
Date: 02/14/04
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:19:50 -0500 To: matthew <matthew@netway.com>
matthew wrote:
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> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Brent Bowman wrote:
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>>Oh boy, I guess that I've either got to find more RAM, find an
>>older/stripped down version of FreeBSD, or give up.
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> Well, if i was you i would get on the phone and call every
> household that you think has a basement full of junk.
> They will more than likely have an old computer down
> there you can take the ram from.
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>>I looked around a little, how would I find a skinnier version
>>of FreeBSD for this old box.
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> Did you try 3.5-RELEASE and cvsup to stable? I still run 3.4 and 3.5.
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I have previously used install floppies from 3.2 (as this was the most
readily available version because I still have the cd set) to install
4.x on similar machines. However, these was quite a long time ago.
When using this method, in the options section change the release you
want to install from 3.2-RELEASE to the version you want to install from
the cd/ftp/etc. as appropriate. Watch vtty1 for /etc/libexec to be
installed and then you will be able to use vi in the holographic shell
to edit /etc/fstab to change the /dev/wd* to /dev/ad*. After this you
shouldn't have any problems.
Waiting until after the machine reboots before editing /etc/fstab can
result in headaches and is not recommended, but is not impossible(IIRC).
Again, I should point out that the last time I did this was with an
early release on the 4.x branch, I don't remember the exact version and
the old 486 that would testify to the procedure is at my parents house
pretending to be a paper weight.
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>>Also, does anybody have any ideas (besides ebay) on how I would
>>find some really old 60ns SIMMS for that box for cheap?
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> If you were standing right next to me I would throw some at you :P
> Are you in some strange region where it is difficult to find old ram?
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> I am sure a second hand pc shop will gladly give you 32mb ram (come
> in pairs) for 5 bucks. 10 at most.
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> m
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