At 12:38 3/10/2005, Mark Goodell wrote: >THank you Philip, Jerry, Kris: > >(Actually, I went back and forth through the website >literature trying to figure this out, and finally gave >up. It may be that the question itself treads on an >issue that no longer is challenged - the size of OS >installations. I'm frustrated that they have to be so >big. THank you again for responding. FreeBSD has >great logical appeal to me, notwithstanding.) >Mark >Mark Goodell >Richmond, VA
>> > >>Could you please tell me how big FreeBSD is, in >> terms >> > >>of both (1) the bare minimum needed to run >> > >>applications and (2) the typical installation. >> How >> > >>many 1.44MB diskettes, for example. At the bottom of this page is the recommended sizing: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-steps.html However, you can get a version of FreeBSD to run from a single floppy disk: http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html There are various versions in between these sizes: http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ A Google search: http://www.Google.com/search?q=%22FreeBSD-Small%22+site%3AMail-Archive.com To subscribe to the 'FreeBSD-Small' list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
