From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 14:52:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 720FB16A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:52:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332A543D31 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:52:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marko@freebsd.org) Received: from movens.plus.com ([80.229.231.20] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1CytCw-0000jh-FK; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:52:46 +0000 Message-ID: <420A235A.7060907@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:51:06 +0000 From: Mark Ovens User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 7.0 (Windows/20050209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: daniel References: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> <20050207222811.U24265@frambozen.monochrome.org> <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> In-Reply-To: <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0506-0, 08/02/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cracked out floppy install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:52:48 -0000 daniel wrote: > On February 7, 2005 10:40 pm, Chris Hill wrote: >> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, daniel wrote: >> > i've been trying to install freebsd-5.3RELEASE on this old computer on >> > and off for days now. i downloaded the floppies, watched the thing >> > boot and each and every time, it'll get to the little beastie prompt >> > where it counts down and is *supposed* to run sysinst but instead, it >> > just reboots! >> >> That's just peculiar. Maybe you need more RAM? Couldn't hurt, anyway. >> The 16M you cite below seems a bit meager. > > well the handbook says freebsd5 has a minimum requirement of 8mb, so 16 should > be fine. but even if it weren't, you'd think there'd be some form of useful > error message instead of just rebooting. it just makes no sense. > Interestingly, the Installation Notes for 4.11-R, http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/installation-i386.html state, in section 1.2 Hardware Requirements, "The sysinstall(8) installation program requires 16MB of RAM" Does sysinstall in 5.3 _really_ need half the RAM that 4.11 requires? I find that hard to believe. Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0506-0, 08/02/2005 Tested on: 09/02/2005 14:51:07 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com