Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:09:27 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cracked out floppy install Message-ID: <20050209170927.GB37205@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <420A235A.7060907@freebsd.org> References: <200502072107.38331.me@danielquinn.org> <20050207222811.U24265@frambozen.monochrome.org> <200502072252.53881.danstemporaryaccount@yahoo.ca> <420A235A.7060907@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:51:06PM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > >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. No...this has been established elsethread and a PR has been submitted. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCCkPHWry0BWjoQKURApmzAKCFEnEmtZuaR+FeEk9vcx8uyEdYTACfWgZm 75lL41rXZJagb7/DGO4tf3Q= =axtF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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