On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 09:40:14PM -0500, Laurence Berland wrote:
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.4 on an old 486 I've got lying around to
> use as a NATing firewall for my home network, but I've only got a 200
> Meg HD around. I'm gonna go get another HD later, but right now I'd
> like to get running with just that. So far I've been trying with 16 to
> swap and various other combinations, but it always seems to run out of
> /usr space. I figure / should be at least 32MB, and the rest (~152MB)
> goes to /usr. I'm trying to install the binaries, the docs, and the
> kernel source (but not the rest of the source). Any idea if it's even
> possible? Should I shrink down the root partition more? I've done
> loads of installs at this point, but all on HDs with at least a gig for
> FreeBSD. Any ideas where I can get a bigger HD that's still under the
> limit for old BIOSen? Thanks in advance for any help.
I presume you have another FreeBSD box with a bigger drive. Instead of
installing the sources on the NAT box, why not NFS mount /usr/src and /usr/obj
from your other box? I have several FreeBSD boxes at home, but only one has
sources on it, and I do all the world building there.
Chris
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