Re: FreeBSD 5.0 installation on my laptop

From: bob prohaska's usenet account (bp_at_www.zefox.net)
Date: 07/30/05 

Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:49:04 GMT

aVheretic <amitsaraff@gmail.com> wrote:
> As much as I would like to try the new release being on a dial-up
> connection it is next to impossible trying to download it from the web.
> None of the local LUG's had a copy of FreeBSD 5.4 so as of now I am
> stuck with the 5.0 release.

Can your laptop be made to boot from a floppy? Or, a floppy image burned
onto a CD/DVD? That would at least let you see if later versions behave
differently.

As others have observed 5.0 was never considered fit for production,

Despite that, it has proven useful to me. At a high cost in labor!
http://www.zefox.net/~bob/FreeBSD/

Good luck,

bob prohaska
 

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