Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:51:06 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: daniel <danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cracked out floppy install Message-ID: <420A235A.7060907@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> References: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> <20050207222811.U24265@frambozen.monochrome.org> <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca>
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daniel wrote: > On February 7, 2005 10:40 pm, Chris Hill wrote: >> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, daniel wrote: >> > i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer on >> > and off for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the thing >> > boot and each and every time, it'll get to the little beastie prompt >> > where it counts down and is *supposed* to run sysinst but instead, it >> > just reboots! >> >> That's just peculiar. Maybe you need more RAM? Couldn't hurt, anyway. >> The 16M you cite below seems a bit meager. > > well the handbook says freebsd5 has a minimum requirement of 8mb, so 16 should > be fine. but even if it weren't, you'd think there'd be some form of useful > error message instead of just rebooting. it just makes no sense. > Interestingly, the Installation Notes for 4.11-R, http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/installation-i386.html state, in section 1.2 Hardware Requirements, "The sysinstall(8) installation program requires 16MB of RAM" Does sysinstall in 5.3 _really_ need half the RAM that 4.11 requires? I find that hard to believe. Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0506-0, 08/02/2005 Tested on: 09/02/2005 14:51:07 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
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