Thank you very much for your ideas. I switched to 4.11 after realizing that
it would work as well. Besides, it would be much easier to install packages,
as they are available on CD - for 2.2.9, as far as I saw it, I have to
download them. This would have to happen on the Compaq. However, the
I tried to send to freebsd-questions the following twice, and twice failed!:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I tried reaching
ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/
from my Windows XP machine, using Firefox 2.0.0.2, and it requires me to
input a username and a password. The same
Dear Chistian, Dear Kris,
I also think the RAM will not be the issue, as it is a text-only install,
and indeed, I am not planning to get fancy. I completely don't need X.
Midnight Commander is perfectly fine as a working environment. 4.11 seemed
OK.
But I am having a different problem right now,
