Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 19:17:02 -0400 From: Matt Penna <mdp1261@rit.edu> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: FAQ & Install.txt Memory Requirements Incorrect Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20011016105839.02de9800@vmspop.rit.edu>
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Dear folks,
I don't know if anyone else has reported this already, but I haven't been
able to find a previous reference to this problem.
A few weeks ago when I was trying to install 4.4-Release on a system with
8MB of memory, I encountered very strange errors and couldn't figure out
what the problem was. Several people on -questions pointed out that 8MB was
not enough to install, and then we discovered that the reason for my
confusion was the install.txt file incorrectly stated it only needed 5MB
for install and 4MB to run, as does the FAQ. I had never installed FreeBSD
on a machine with so little memory, so I hadn't encountered the problem before.
I looked through the various releases and it seems the INSTALL.TXT for
4.1.1, 4.2, and 4.4 all state that only 5MB is needed to install. 4.3's
install.txt seems fine, stating the need for "at least 16 megs of RAM to
use the installer and 4-8 megs of RAM to run (with a pared-down kernel)."
I was told in a couple of responses from -questions that the requirement
for install has been >8MB since 4.0-Release, so I'm assuming the
install.txt files for 4.1.1, 4.2, and 4.4, as well as the install.htm for
4.4 (and possibly others) are all incorrect.
Ironically, 4.3 did successfully install on the machine with only 8MB, so
I'm assuming the 16MB requirement provides a comfort zone that will
guarantee a successful install on virtually any system.
I would submit a fix if I knew at what points and to what amounts of memory
the minimum requirements were changed. Can anyone suggest how I should
proceed with this, assuming no one else has noticed it yet?
Matt
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