Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 09:21:04 -0000 From: "Jeff Bond" <jeff@pixelfusion.co.uk> To: "Danny" <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: "questions@freebsd. org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: RAM requirements for 3.3-RELEASE installation Message-ID: <001101bf84f1$cc588000$1c00a8c0@pixelfusion.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <00030413212500.06423@freebsd.freebsd.org>
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Hi Danny, Thanks for the help. I won't be running X, just playing mp3 files (It's an in-car mp3 project). In the end, I just swapped the HD into a faster bigger machine to do the install to save time. The HD is now back in the 8Mb machine and works just fine. No problem with the memory at all, it hardly ever touches the swap running xaudio. Heck, sound even worked after one kernel rebuild! Last week, I tried the same think with Redhat 6.1. Again, it needed >8Mb to install, but once it was installed, it would run *VERY SLOWLY* in 8Mb. It would thrash the swap file constantly, and I found it much harder to configure for my sound card and network card. I'm not really slagging Redhat off, it's just that FreeBSD seems much leaner and meaner, and simpler to configure than Redhat. I think Redhat is trying to do everything 'automagically', making it simpler for the novice user, but it's a pain in the arse on a small machine. Regards, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny [mailto:dannyh@idx.com.au] > Sent: 04 March 2000 2:20 > To: Jeff Bond; questions@freebsd. org > Subject: Re: RAM requirements for 3.3-RELEASE installation > > > Depends : - > > Are you going to use a GUI interface or are you going to use a text based > interface. > > I don't see any problems if you do a mimium install of FreeBSD > with 8Mb RaM > > Looking forward to your feedback. > > danny > > dannyh@idx.com.au > > > On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, Jeff Bond wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > Could someone please tell me how much RAM I will need to > install 3.3-RELEASE > > from a CDROM (with boot floppies)? Will 8Mb be enough? > > > > I did have some trouble in the past with 3.1R requiring more > than 8MB for an > > FTP install, hence my question. I've searched the handbook, and > FAQ, without > > much success. > > > > Please copy replies directly to me, since I am not subscribed. > > > > Thanks for any help, > > > > Jeff > > ========================== > > Jeffery Bond > > Silicon Design Engineer > > Pixelfusion Ltd. > > > > http://www.pixelfusion.com > > ========================== > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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