From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 16 06:37:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09433 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 06:37:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA09369 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 06:36:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr01.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00422; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:02:02 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd000390; Mon Feb 16 07:01:54 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA08629; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:01:50 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199802161401.HAA08629@usr01.primenet.com> Subject: Re: VM messed: vm_page_free panic problem To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:01:49 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, mike@smith.net.au, sthaug@nethelp.no, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199802160559.VAA04833@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Feb 15, 98 09:59:22 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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