From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 17:06:35 2003 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 5D4D237B401 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:06:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.acd.net (smtp.acd.net [207.179.64.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F8443F85 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 17:06:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from taxman@ACD.NET) Received: from 207.179.85.83 ([207.179.85.83]) by smtp.acd.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Sat, 5 Apr 2003 20:07:32 -0500 From: taxman To: "Jason Burgess" , Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 20:10:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <3BD4A5842C8AE2428158AB1EE6DCC3774D64@mail.fbfguns.com> In-Reply-To: <3BD4A5842C8AE2428158AB1EE6DCC3774D64@mail.fbfguns.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304052010.11390.taxman@acd.net> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Apr 2003 01:07:33.0022 (UTC) FILETIME=[E73393E0:01C2FBD8] cc: Clemens Jaeger cc: Matthew Weymar Subject: Re: How much RAM is needed for FreeBSD 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: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 01:06:35 -0000 On Saturday 05 April 2003 01:48 pm, Jason Burgess wrote: please don't top post > -----Original Message----- > From: kitsune [mailto:kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 12:59 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How much RAM is needed for FreeBSD > On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 18:23:18 +0200 > Clemens Jaeger wrote: > > Hello! > > I was looking for information : how much RAM is needed to run FreeBSD > on > > a Pentium Computer? > > There is no information on your website / documentation for Version > > 5.0 > > should be something like 4Mb, iirc that's outdated information for older releases. see the FAQ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html I think that information that all will run in 4MB is out of date now too. I'd be surprised if 5.0 could boot in 4MB in a useful form, even after a custom kernel was built. > I've never had any luck below 8MB. > > Jason Burgess The only documentation on this that I see is in the FAQ. The FAQ only refers to 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x anyway. I'm not sure what the doc project has in mind for 5.x documentation. I received another email that said he was not able to install 5.0 in less than 20 MB, so there's a data point. Anyone want to take this up with doc@freebsd.org? It seems this is a FAQ, but would be well to place the minimum memory requirements in the install instructions since no one reads the FAQ it seems. Tim