From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 2 7:33:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fremont.bolingbroke.com (adsl-216-102-90-210.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [216.102.90.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F2B37C414 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 07:33:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@bolingbroke.com) Received: from localhost (ken@localhost) by fremont.bolingbroke.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA37515; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 07:32:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 07:32:21 -0800 (PST) From: Ken Bolingbroke X-Sender: ken@fremont.bolingbroke.com To: Jeff Bond Cc: "questions@freebsd. org" Subject: Re: RAM requirements for 3.3-RELEASE installation In-Reply-To: <001101bf8437$1ca9a1d0$1c00a8c0@pixelfusion.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was trying to install 3.4 on a 8MB machine last month and having no luck. The installation hung up while fsck'ing the disks. Then somewhere, I ran across a reference saying the install needed 12MB RAM. So I scrounged up 4x4mb, plugged it in, and then the install completed sucessfully. Supposedly, the system will now run on less RAM, but since I've got in there now, I've no motivation to try it on less... Ken Bolingbroke hacker@bolingbroke.com On Thu, 2 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message