Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:13:29 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 16M RAM enough for FreeBSD 6.1? Message-ID: <20060827071329.GK16768@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20060827034652.ad43299b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 2006-Aug-27 03:46:52 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >I have an old laptop, a Compaq Armada 1580DMT, with 16M RAM, 2GB hd, ... >However, when I try the 6.1-release CD (CD1), it boots as far as >loading the kernel, botting the kernel, and then reboots again?? The CD-ROMs create a RAMdisk and need a minimum of 24MB last I checked. Once you have FreeBSD installed, it will limp along in 16MB (though not very happily). I strongly suggest you find a SODIMM to expand it. -- Peter Jeremy [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE8UYZ/opHv/APuIcRAlCFAJ9Nw/0ekm2dx059EOmVW3kBhE/thgCgiaFb IqMlz/FPWHyQq0ptcUEM4d0= =FQlt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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