[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin Kinsey wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 8MB RAM
That's likely the issue, although I don't remember if you've mentioned
exactly when it fails. The installer attempts to create a memory disk
that's a good bit larger than 8MB; IIRC, with current FreeBSD versions
you can't even install on a machine with 16MB RAM - you need 20+MB or
so (which usually means 32MB must be installed). It wouldn't get very
far at all with 8 meg of RAM.
Yes that likely explains why the FreeBSD floppies dont work (but some
linux versions work). When I install FreeBSD on a machine with 512MB
RAM, then move the HDD, the BIOS boots with the "missing OS" error.
Supposedly the installation has set the some LBA things (which the newer
system perfectly supports). After the installation, how can I change
that, before moving the drive?
We're really over my head with that one; all that said, I don't think it
could be done _after_ the installation. If my understanding is even
remotely correct (and I'm not at all certain it is), then the only
logical path of action is to attempt to set the fast machine's BIOS to
behave in a manner similar to the BIOS on the old machine (CHS ?) prior
to partitioning and slicing and see if that fixes things. Of course,
then we have the issue of GEOM (<?>basically the fact that newer
FreeBSDs do some kind of overriding of some BIOS stuff anyway in
relation to disks<?>), which I know next-to-nothing about either and am
guessing could also be a potential pitfall.
Sounds like you need really need more RAM chips, to see if you can do an
install on the machine itself. However, I definitely understand the
dumpster's attraction at this point, and have consigned several of these
old dinosaurs there myself rather than face the aggravation they might
be likely to cause. There are too many old Pentiums and K6's out there
to mess around with a 486 anymore, at least from my current POV. YMMV,
#include <disclaimer.h>, etc. ;-)
Kevin Kinsey
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