Re: I can not decide because of an old notebook. Need Help

If you want it easy, go to Distrowatch.com and select
one of the live CDs there. You should try out
FreeSBIE, Frenzy, Damn Small Linux, and Vector Linux.
First two are FreeBSD based while the last two are
linux-based. You can run them as a live CD or use them
as installers.


--- Stojance <dimitrovskim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear FreeBSD
I really like your OS and I want to install it on a
really old Toshiba
Notebook (lap-Top). It has a 4GB HDD and 64 or 32 MB
RAM; Pentium II;
and I don't know the other specs. While reading the
installation manual
I got confused. Is there a faster way for
configuring all the stuff,
without all of the questions; or an automatic Mouse,
screen, keyboard,
Ethernet configuration. On that Toshiba notebook I
have installed
Windows '98 and I hate it so I want a Unix/Linux
type of system. A
friend of mine recommended FreeBSD and I want it.
Can you please supply
me with a simpler installation guide. I am so
worried that I won't make
it trough the installation -- or later on I won't
gonna be able to load
the OS. I want FreeBSD to take the whole disk, so I
hope that I won't
gonna have to make all those partitions ( Right? ),
I hope that FreeBSD
will do that for me. Oh, and will FreeBSD fit in a
normal 800MB CD? And
I'm unsure how to start the Installation process? I
need HELP NOW !!!

Thank you
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