Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 09:15:49 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> To: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD System Requirements for 3.3-RC Message-ID: <19990911091549.B22163@chuggalug.clues.com> In-Reply-To: <37D92CEF.ED8CC4FA@3-cities.com>; from Kent Stewart on Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 09:08:15AM -0700 References: <72243.936651914@localhost> <37D92CEF.ED8CC4FA@3-cities.com>
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On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 09:08:15AM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote: > I started reading the system requirements for 3.3-RC and the first > thing I noticed was that 5MB is still listed as the memory > requirements. It is more or less common knowledge that you require 8MB > minimum and 12MB in general to install FreeBSD. It seems like this > statement should be corrected. The 3.3-RC INSTALL.txt reads as > follows: > > FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no > support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install > and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard > drive space for the most minimal installation. See below for ways of > shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to install FreeBSD. > This also fails to mention the alpha port exists. -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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