Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:01:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, mike@smith.net.au, sthaug@nethelp.no, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM messed: vm_page_free panic problem Message-ID: <199802161401.HAA08629@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199802160559.VAA04833@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Feb 15, 98 09:59:22 pm
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> > 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. Now Lucy, 'splain me this: How can I map 5M with only one 4M page? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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