Re: Older versions of FreeBSD
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 10:33:48PM -0500, Al Bincarousky wrote: > Hello: > > I am looking for older versions of FreeBSD. Any version 3.5.1 to > 4.4. Is it possible to still download these versions? If not can it > still be purchased on CD? Thank you for any information that you may > be able to provide. http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org Kris P.S. Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so that your emails may be easily read. pgpYy1FCJsNGp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Older versions of FreeBSD
[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Single line paragraph. On Sunday, 19 December 2004 at 22:33:48 -0500, Al Bincarousky wrote: > > I am looking for older versions of FreeBSD. Any version 3.5.1 to > 4.4. Is it possible to still download these versions? If not can it > still be purchased on CD? Thank you for any information that you may > be able to provide. A lot depends on why you want them. If you're collecting CDs, then only the CD will do. If you want to run them, you should reconsider. If you're interested in them for academic reasons, you can check out any version back to 2.0 from CVS. For reasons related to the USL wars, the repository for release 1 of FreeBSD isn't available, though Caldera (now called "SCO") released the license a couple of years ago, so if you find one, you're now allowed to use it. Greg -- When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the original text. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpYLvHjlj5ZN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Older versions
+++ Nathan Kinkade [freebsd] [07-01-03 14:54 -0800]: | - --ZfOjI3PrQbgiZnxM | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii | Content-Disposition: inline | Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable | | On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:30:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | > I have a VERY, VERY old laptop (1.9 Megs of memory IBM), and I was=20 | > wondering if I could get FreeBSD 1 for it. If so, where? Thanks!=20 | >=20 | > lattera | >=20 | > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message | | What type of processor does it have? 1.9MB of RAM is not very much. | Even PicoBSD, the single floppy version of FreeBSD, would like to have | 8MB of memory. I have serious doubts that you will be able to get | virtually anything to run in 1.9MB of memory. I could be wrong, and if | someone knows of a tiny OS that will run under these conditions I'd be | curious to know about it. I have recently been looking around at some | tiny Linux installations, but even those absolutely require at least 4MB | of memory. | | Nathan | maybe any version of DOS? Regards, Shantanu -- Everyone is a genius. It's just that some people are too stupid to realize it. msg14866/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Older versions
ok, odd for a pc, I've had old legacy stuff before I just wouldve expected 1, 1.384, 1.5, 1,768, or 2, but 1.9, I'd be curious what laptop this is, knowing that a modest socket7 laptop can be had for about a c note. Brian - Original Message - From: "Kirk Strauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:45 AM Subject: Re: Older versions > > At 2003-01-08T01:25:32Z, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1.9 is such an odd total as well, I do not know what to think of that.. > > Never owned an Amiga, eh? You could add RAM in 64KB and 128KB chunks to the > various SCSI cards, motherboard sockets, etc, not to mention using un-paired > SIMMs to get weird memory sizes like 34.5MB. > -- > Kirk Strauser > In Googlis non est, ergo non est. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Older versions
At 2003-01-08T01:25:32Z, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1.9 is such an odd total as well, I do not know what to think of that.. Never owned an Amiga, eh? You could add RAM in 64KB and 128KB chunks to the various SCSI cards, motherboard sockets, etc, not to mention using un-paired SIMMs to get weird memory sizes like 34.5MB. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Older versions
1.9 is such an odd total as well, I do not know what to think of that.. Bri - Original Message - From: "Nathan Kinkade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 2:54 PM Subject: Re: Older versions To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Older versions
Slackware 2.x is another possibility. It'll run with 2MB off a alternate set of boot disks (Included in the install package.) --Adam - Original Message - From: "Andrew Prewett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Older versions > Today Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:30:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have a VERY, VERY old laptop (1.9 Megs of memory IBM), and I was > > > wondering if I could get FreeBSD 1 for it. If so, where? Thanks! > > > > > > lattera > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > What type of processor does it have? 1.9MB of RAM is not very much. > > Even PicoBSD, the single floppy version of FreeBSD, would like to have > > 8MB of memory. I have serious doubts that you will be able to get > > virtually anything to run in 1.9MB of memory. I could be wrong, and if > > someone knows of a tiny OS that will run under these conditions I'd be > > curious to know about it. I have recently been looking around at some > > tiny Linux installations, but even those absolutely require at least 4MB > > of memory. > > minix? > > from the minix install.txt: > ... > 1. REQUIREMENTS >The minimum system MINIX can be installed on comfortably is >an IBM PC/AT or PS/2 with a 286 processor, 640 KB memory, a >720 kb diskette drive, and 25-30 MB free space on an AT, >ESDI, or SCSI hard disk (the latter controlled by an Adaptec >1540.) MINIX for the 386 (MINIX-386 for short) can be >installed on a machine with at least a 386sx processor, 3 MB >memory and at least 25-30 MB of disk space. > ... > > -andrew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Older versions
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:30:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a VERY, VERY old laptop (1.9 Megs of memory IBM), and I was > wondering if I could get FreeBSD 1 for it. If so, where? Thanks! > > lattera > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message What type of processor does it have? 1.9MB of RAM is not very much. Even PicoBSD, the single floppy version of FreeBSD, would like to have 8MB of memory. I have serious doubts that you will be able to get virtually anything to run in 1.9MB of memory. I could be wrong, and if someone knows of a tiny OS that will run under these conditions I'd be curious to know about it. I have recently been looking around at some tiny Linux installations, but even those absolutely require at least 4MB of memory. Nathan -- GPG Public Key ID: 0x4250A04C gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 4250A04C http://63.105.21.156/gpg_nkinkade_4250A04C.asc msg14652/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Older versions
On Jan 7 Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:00:02AM +0100, Andrew Prewett wrote: > > Today Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:30:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I have a VERY, VERY old laptop (1.9 Megs of memory IBM), and I was > > > > wondering if I could get FreeBSD 1 for it. If so, where? Thanks! > > > > > > > > lattera > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > What type of processor does it have? 1.9MB of RAM is not very much. > > > Even PicoBSD, the single floppy version of FreeBSD, would like to have > > > 8MB of memory. I have serious doubts that you will be able to get > > > virtually anything to run in 1.9MB of memory. I could be wrong, and if > > > someone knows of a tiny OS that will run under these conditions I'd be > > > curious to know about it. I have recently been looking around at some > > > tiny Linux installations, but even those absolutely require at least 4MB > > > of memory. > > > > minix? > > > > from the minix install.txt: > > ... > > 1. REQUIREMENTS > >The minimum system MINIX can be installed on comfortably is > >an IBM PC/AT or PS/2 with a 286 processor, 640 KB memory, a > >720 kb diskette drive, and 25-30 MB free space on an AT, > >ESDI, or SCSI hard disk (the latter controlled by an Adaptec > >1540.) MINIX for the 386 (MINIX-386 for short) can be > >installed on a machine with at least a 386sx processor, 3 MB > >memory and at least 25-30 MB of disk space. > > ... > > > > -andrew > > Right, this is why I asked what type of processor he had. Minix for > i386 wants 3MB - more than he apparently has...unless 1.9 was a type or > I misunderstood. Thanks for the tip, though. Although I have questions > about the utility of Minix on a 286 with 640KB RAM, I will nevertheless > take a look a it to see what can be done with such a system. I doesn't read the install.txt carefully, and didn't noticed the 3MB memory requirements, but on the official minix homepage, (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html) the required ram for the 32bit version only 2MB, not 3MB - and 1.9 is near 2 :-)) -andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Older versions
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:00:02AM +0100, Andrew Prewett wrote: > Today Nathan Kinkade wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:30:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have a VERY, VERY old laptop (1.9 Megs of memory IBM), and I was > > > wondering if I could get FreeBSD 1 for it. If so, where? Thanks! > > > > > > lattera > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > What type of processor does it have? 1.9MB of RAM is not very much. > > Even PicoBSD, the single floppy version of FreeBSD, would like to have > > 8MB of memory. I have serious doubts that you will be able to get > > virtually anything to run in 1.9MB of memory. I could be wrong, and if > > someone knows of a tiny OS that will run under these conditions I'd be > > curious to know about it. I have recently been looking around at some > > tiny Linux installations, but even those absolutely require at least 4MB > > of memory. > > minix? > > from the minix install.txt: > ... > 1. REQUIREMENTS >The minimum system MINIX can be installed on comfortably is >an IBM PC/AT or PS/2 with a 286 processor, 640 KB memory, a >720 kb diskette drive, and 25-30 MB free space on an AT, >ESDI, or SCSI hard disk (the latter controlled by an Adaptec >1540.) MINIX for the 386 (MINIX-386 for short) can be >installed on a machine with at least a 386sx processor, 3 MB >memory and at least 25-30 MB of disk space. > ... > > -andrew Right, this is why I asked what type of processor he had. Minix for i386 wants 3MB - more than he apparently has...unless 1.9 was a type or I misunderstood. Thanks for the tip, though. Although I have questions about the utility of Minix on a 286 with 640KB RAM, I will nevertheless take a look a it to see what can be done with such a system. Thanks, Nathan -- GPG Public Key ID: 0x4250A04C gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 4250A04C http://63.105.21.156/gpg_nkinkade_4250A04C.asc msg14647/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Older versions
Today Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:30:57PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a VERY, VERY old laptop (1.9 Megs of memory IBM), and I was > > wondering if I could get FreeBSD 1 for it. If so, where? Thanks! > > > > lattera > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > What type of processor does it have? 1.9MB of RAM is not very much. > Even PicoBSD, the single floppy version of FreeBSD, would like to have > 8MB of memory. I have serious doubts that you will be able to get > virtually anything to run in 1.9MB of memory. I could be wrong, and if > someone knows of a tiny OS that will run under these conditions I'd be > curious to know about it. I have recently been looking around at some > tiny Linux installations, but even those absolutely require at least 4MB > of memory. minix? from the minix install.txt: ... 1. REQUIREMENTS The minimum system MINIX can be installed on comfortably is an IBM PC/AT or PS/2 with a 286 processor, 640 KB memory, a 720 kb diskette drive, and 25-30 MB free space on an AT, ESDI, or SCSI hard disk (the latter controlled by an Adaptec 1540.) MINIX for the 386 (MINIX-386 for short) can be installed on a machine with at least a 386sx processor, 3 MB memory and at least 25-30 MB of disk space. ... -andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
