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Below there is a table with different 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating systems and their boot/install options and system requirements for x86 computers according to 386/486 compatibility:

* Installation note 1: For booting 4 Mb systems you need netbsd-INSTALL_SMALL or netbsd-INSTALL_TYNY kernel and appropriate BOOT kernel for installed system

** Installation note 2: For booting IBM PS/2 systems you need netbsd-INSTALL_PS2 kernel and appropriate BOOT kernel for installed system

*** Installation note 3: You can remove unneeeded devices from kernel reducing its size by recompiling it

**** Installation note 4: FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom kernel) and at least 24 MB of RAM. You will need at least 150MB of free hard drive space for the most minimal installation.

***** Installation note 5: FreeBSD for the i386 requires an 80386 or better processor. The sysinstall(8) installation program requires 16MB of RAM; after installation, FreeBSD itself can be run in 4-8MB of RAM with a pared-down kernel. You will need at least 100MB of free hard drive space for the most minimal installation; a more realistic minimum is on the order of 250-350MB.

****** Installation note 6: FreeBSD need special configured FreeBSD server to perform PXE/LAN installation.

1. CD/DVD/BD -ROM.
   Mount installation ISO:

   mount -t iso9660 image.iso /cdrom -o loop

   Attach content to apt database:

   # apt-cdrom add

2. DOS partition:

   loadlin.exe linux initrd=initrd.gz

3. PXE.

   kernel boot/debian/linux
   append raw initrd=boot/debian/initrd.gz

   or

   kernel memdisk
   append raw iso initrd=boot/debian/mini.iso

Add "contrib" and "non-free" components to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ distname main contrib non-free
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ distname main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security distname/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian-security distname/updates main contrib non-free

where distname can be one of:

#for Debian 3.0 woody (2002-2005)
#for Debian 3.1 sarge (2005-2008)
#for Debian 4 etch (2007-2010)
#for Debian 5 lenny (2009-2012)
#for Debian 6 squeeze (2011-2015) + squeeze-lts (up to 2016)
#for Debian 7 wheezy (2013-2020)
#for Debian 8 jessy (2015-2022)
#for Debian 9 stretch (2017-2022)

# dpkg-reconfigure locales
# dpkg-reconfigure console-tools
# aptitude install console-cyrillic
# dpkg-reconfigure console-cyrillic

# consolechars -f fontname.psf (prf?)

# aptitude install packetname
# apt-get install packetname
# apt-get remove packetname
# apt-get autoclean
# apt-get autoremove
# apt-get clean
# apt-get purge
# apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update
# apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false upgrade

mc unzip zip samba apt-file htop neofetch console-setup
pciutils hwinfo lshw laptop-mode-tools
amd64-microcode intel-microcode
firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-linux-free
firmware-atheros firmware-realtek firmware-amd-graphics firmware-intel-sound
firmware-intelwimax firmware-misc-nonfree

ftp ftpd ntp ssh telnet telnetd links elinks
rdesktop tightvncserver x11vnc xrdp xtightvncviewer
ethtool iftop nload bmon net-tools
hdparm smartmontools cdck wodim xorriso
mknbi (NBI boot)

gcc g++ mtools perl libc-dev nasm bcc make syslinux
mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev libglfw3-dev libgles2-mesa-dev
libgl-dev

x-window-system ( or xorg ? )
synaptic lxde icewm xdm ( optional )
xfce4 xfce4-goodies lightdm netsurf midori leafpad mousepad
iceweasel iceape firefox opera chromium chromium-l10n
alsa pulseaudio mpg123 mplayer mpv youtube-dl smplayer vlc
mesa-utils wine qemu

prboom vavoom freedoom xbill amoebax supertuxkart

$ wget -c deb.opera.com/opera/pool/non-free/o/opera/opera_12.16.1860_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i opera_12.16.1860_i386.deb

$ wget -c deb.opera.com/opera/pool/non-free/o/opera/opera_12.16.1860_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i opera_12.16.1860_amd64.deb

$ sudo apt-get install -f

Copy libflashplayer.so to the plugins directory.

VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename PHYSHDD.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0

/etc/network/interfaces

iface eth0 inet static
        address ...
        netmask ...
        gateway ...

iface eth0:0 inet static
        address ...
        netmask ...
        gateway ...

ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient

/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

/etc/default/rcS: set UTC=no
or
/etc/adjtime: change UTC to LOCAL

apt-get install ntp
and
/etc/ntp.conf: change 'server'

sbin/modprobe ne io=0x300 irq=10
then
module is included in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

GRUB_TERMINAL=console
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep or GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="vga=normal nomodeset"
GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 or GRUB_GFXMODE=text

update-grub

apt-get remove exim4* default-mta

# Xorg -configure

.....
Section "InputDevice" 
Identifier "Generic Keyboard" 
Driver "keyboard" 
Option "CoreKeyboard" 
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" 
Option "XkbModel" "pc102" 
Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)" 
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
EndSection
.....
Section "Device" 
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "vesa"
.....
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen" 
Device "Generic Video Card" 
Monitor "Generic Monitor" 
DefaultDepth 16 SubSection
"Display" Depth 24 
Modes "1024x768" # up to
EndSubSection 
SubSection "Display" 
.....
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection
.....