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Date:      Sat, 30 Sep 1995 09:31:23 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.1 will require a minimum of 8MB for installation. 
Message-ID:  <20372.812478683@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Sep 1995 08:28:46 BST." <199509300728.IAA14138@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> But why doubling it instead of successively increasing?
> 
> My notebook has 5 MB, and the last private 2.1-snap installed fine.

David and I talked about this.  Yes, you can install in 5MB now
and I suppose we could even mention this in passing someplace,
but by making 8MB the recommendation we accomplish two things:

	1. We leave ourselves a decent margin for growth.  Continually
	   "raising the bar" simply looks bad.

	2. We're recommending a size that's actually usable, rather than
	   something you can just barely squeak by with.

					Jordan



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