Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:24:15 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Paul Ket <pket@wanadoo.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing 4.5 Message-ID: <20020729132415.GA6728@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3D455C7B.14754.EA2CC3@localhost> References: <3D455C7B.14754.EA2CC3@localhost>
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On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 03:17:15PM +0200, Paul Ket wrote: > Hi, > > As a newbie to non DOS/Win, i try to install freebsd 4.5 from floppy on an old > 486DX33 with 8MB ram (640+7,... MB). Available HD is apart from DOS 5,0 clean > and empty. After the second floppy and selecting available hardware, i get an > declaration of hardware in freebsd terms. It ends with > > Mouting root from ufs:/dev/md0c > swap_pager_getswapspace: failed > > then the system hangs. > > What do i do wrong? Is installation with these minimal specs possible at all? No, it isn't. Recent versions of FreeBSD (3.4 and later) require at least 12 MB RAM (or possibly even 16 MB) to install. You can run the system with only 8 MB RAM but you can't install it. > Yes, i tried with a differend floppy, just in case of disk-errors. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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