On 20-06-2004 at 18:14 Robert Huff wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.10 on an older computer with a 852 >> MB hard disk. <snip>
> First, a question: what do you want this machine to do? Hi, thanks! Fortunately, no special requirements at this stage. I simply want to use it, so it needs an OS - and FreeBSD certainly beats DOS :-) > 852 MB should be enough. Go with a "Custom" installation, and >you'll need to be utterly ruthless about not installing unneeded >distribution sets. "Custom" installation scares me a little, as I don't really know what I'm doing yet. I will try and read docs and probably start over lots of times (which is fine with me). When I really get stuck can always ask again :-) regards Mark _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"