Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:03:51 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Ramiro Aceves" <ea1abz@wanadoo.es>, "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: >16MB memory requirement for 5.3 install (Re: cracked outfloppy install) Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEFAFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <4208FE82.5030808@wanadoo.es>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Ramiro Aceves > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:02 AM > To: Kris Kennaway > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: >16MB memory requirement for 5.3 install (Re: cracked > outfloppy install) > > > > > > > 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 > > > Hello Kris. I posted my experiences in the thread "Confirmed: 5.3 > installation do not work with 16 MB RAM" on 11th-january-2005 post to > this list. There was another person that confirmed it there. If you > think so, we can fill a bug report. > I think it is a bug because there are some boneheaded older systems that have broken BIOSes where FreeBSD can only detect 16MB of ram without recompiling the kernel. Ted
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