From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 28 12:25:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3E637B400 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:25:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 140rJc-0007cd-00 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:25:24 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eASKObY01862 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:24:37 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:24:37 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list Subject: install of 4.2 under low memory conditions Message-ID: <20001128212437.B1820@freebie.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, Recently the issue came up on whether FreeBSD4.2/alpha would be able to install in a low-memory system. I just downgraded one of my Multias to 16Mbytes. It is now happily installing from my homegrown 4.2R cdrom. So: yes, it can be done in 16Mbytes. Not that I would want to run anything serious in so little memory. QUESTION: does anyone have a cache module for a Multia 233Mc hanging around that they are willing to part with? One of my test boxes is a 233 and without any cache it is not a lot of fun. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message