Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:34:07 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Committers <cvs-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: How much memory do we need to install? Message-ID: <19990719173407.C72625@freebie.lemis.com>
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AFAIK, the minimum memory for installation is still 5 MB, and the problems people had with 8MB machines failing to install was a bug, right? What's the current status? Greg ----- Forwarded message from Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr> ----- > Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:49:01 +0200 > Reply-To: thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr > Organization: ALCATEL CIT Nanterre > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I) > X-Accept-Language: en > To: Ben Salem <bfs@kscable.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Precedence: bulk > > You must have more than 8 Megs to install FreeBSD > > TfH > > Ben Salem wrote: >> >> Im attempting to install FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE on a 486 8mb ram. >> >> Everything goes ok until the installation actually begins, it gets to >> chunk 1 of 106 then stops. >> >> The install seems to work fine on my other machines. >> >> I have replaced the NIC card, so I think I can rule that out. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks >> Ben Salem ----- End forwarded message ----- -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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