Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 05:56:38 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common install.sgml Message-ID: <20050302052610.G6908@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <861xb0ha8r.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200502262340.j1QNeAwm029973@repoman.freebsd.org> <861xb0ha8r.fsf@xps.des.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-1834954929-1109703398=:6908 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, [iso-8859-1] Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> writes: >> Correct the minimum RAM requirements for i386 (24 MB to install, >> 12 MB to run). These technically reflect 5.3-RELEASE figures, >> but are probably closer to reality than the older numbers (8MB / 7MB). > > I can't boot 5.3 with only 12 MB under qemu. 16 MB works fine. > sysinstall requires 24 MB but can probably do with less provided you > configure swap; however, the install CD won't boot with only 16 MB. I tried booting an old version of -current on a 486DX2/66 that happened to have 16MB. It didn't work fine, even after I removed a stray 3MB debugging trace buffer. Where RELENG_4 came up with about 12MB "avail" in the boot messages, -current had only 8MB, and -current is much hoggier later on too. There ends up being only 2-4MB of memory available for user threads, and the system swaps too much to be usable. The 486 was also unusable since it had become too slow -- more than twice as slow as it used to be even before it starts swapping, due to a combination of factors including a large wastage for HZ =3D 1000. So I would say that minimum requirements are an i586 with 24MB. My K6/233 with 64MB is still quite usable. Bruce --0-1834954929-1109703398=:6908--
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