Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:00:03 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz@wanadoo.es> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: >16MB memory requirement for 5.3 install (Re: cracked out floppy install) Message-ID: <20050208170002.GA43599@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4208EF03.8070904@wanadoo.es> References: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> <20050207222811.U24265@frambozen.monochrome.org> <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> <20050208040333.GA32748@xor.obsecurity.org> <4208EF03.8070904@wanadoo.es>
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--C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 05:55:31PM +0100, Ramiro Aceves wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 10:52:53PM -0500, daniel wrote: > > > >>On February 7, 2005 10:40 pm, Chris Hill wrote: > >> > >>>On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, daniel wrote: > >>> > >>>>i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer on > >>>>and off for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the thing > >>>>boot and each and every time, it'll get to the little beastie prompt > >>>>where it counts down and is *supposed* to run sysinst but instead, it > >>>>just reboots! > >>> > >>>That's just peculiar. Maybe you need more RAM? Couldn't hurt, anyway. > >>>The 16M you cite below seems a bit meager. > >> > >>well the handbook says freebsd5 has a minimum requirement of 8mb, so 16= =20 > >>should be fine. but even if it weren't, you'd think there'd be some fo= rm=20 > >>of useful error message instead of just rebooting. it just makes no=20 > >>sense. > > > > > >In practise no-one tests running on minuscule-memory configurations, > >so it's possible that 8mb or even 16mb is not in fact enough thesedays. > > > >Anyway, it's possible something else is wrong. Did you try the other > >boot modes, e.g. disabling acpi, running in 'safe mode', etc? In > >particular, many older systems have buggy BIOS implementations that do > >not allow them to run with acpi, even though the BIOS thinks they can. > > > >Kris >=20 > In my experience, I was not able to install FreeBSD 5.3 in an old=20 > pentium 16 MB RAM. I experienced the same reboot problem. 32 MB fixed=20 > the issue and it installed fine. I could not test with 24 MB, but=20 > perhaps it will work. Sounds like memory is indeed the issue then - is the original poster able to confirm this? If so, one of you should submit a PR requesting that the docs be updated. Kris --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCCPARWry0BWjoQKURAiorAJwK/vHTPI3mseM+Yi+YF3Y6VKpmLQCg7J+w /HPeL1gEhtPSDCSeVplX2Nw= =58yG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --C7zPtVaVf+AK4Oqc--
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