Subject: Re: Installation boot diskettes hang, so do dosbooted kernels
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Mueller <tmueller@bluegrass.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/31/2001 02:36:57
from me:

> I have 20 MB RAM in that Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz computer, so
> (Free, Net or Open)BSD should not be pinched for booting and installation.  But
> I imagine Netscape or Mozilla would crawl if it would run at all.

Wojciech Puchar responded:

>use netscape 3
>works good on 16MB, usable on 8

I guess I could look for Netscape 3 in packages collection?  What about
Emacs W3 or Amaya?  I remember there was an Amaya binary for Linux.  But first,
I must overcome NetBSD's reluctance to boot on my computer.  DR-DOS 7.03 remains
the only OS I have installed.

> >You could try disabling wdc1 in the CMOS settings. I have one
> >computer, a 486 VLB, for which I have to do that.
>
> >Frederick