From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 15 22:01:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09111 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 22:01:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA09066 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 22:01:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA04833; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:59:23 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802160559.VAA04833@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Terry Lambert cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), sthaug@nethelp.no, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM messed: vm_page_free panic problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 04:29:00 GMT." <199802160429.VAA27002@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:59:22 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I would be surprised if these disks would boot on a 5M system without > > > PSE capability. I think we are talking 6M now. > > > > The entire BOOTMFS image is a bit under 3MB. 5MB is probably still > > workable, but the installation will be slower than if you have 8MB+ > > (buffer cache, less MFS paging, etc.) > > Why does FreeBSD require 5M to boot, then? If the kernel loads at 1M, > and takes 3M or less, then the 5M requirement should go away, right? > I mean, 1 + 3 = 4... It doesn't. You can boot FreeBSD on a machine with 2M. You need 5M to avoid having the *installation* disk puke when it runs out of memory. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message