From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 29 10: 5:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (tnt1-233.quicksilver.net.nz [202.89.142.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3FA537B41F for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:05:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fATI6Ir06544; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:06:18 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:06:15 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: SM Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4-STABLE on 386? Message-ID: <20011130070615.A6520@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20011128142901.A90607@numachi.com> <20011128142901.A90607@numachi.com> <20011128203017.GA73875@student.uu.se> <3.0.5.32.20011129113739.0171e760@iname.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011129113739.0171e760@iname.com>; from nntp@iname.com on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:37:39AM +0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:37:39AM +0400, SM wrote: > At 21:30 28-11-2001 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > >Installing 4-STABLE on a machine with only 8 MB RAM can be problem. > >I believe the installation process requires at least 12 MB memory. > >It is perfectly possible to run 4-STABLE on a 386 with 8 MB RAM once it > >has been installed on the other hand. I am doing exactly that. > > I installed 4-STABLE on a 486 with 8 MB of RAM. I couldn't build a custom > kernel on the machine as the compile broke every few days. Broken compiles == Flakey h/w. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door" - W.E. Channing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message